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Doctors
A young doctor had
moved out to a small community to replace the retiring country doctor. The older
doctor suggested the young one accompany him on his rounds so the community
could become used to a new doctor.
At the first house a woman complained, "I've been a little sick to my stomach."
The older doctor said, "Well, you've probably been overdoing the fresh fruit.
Why not cut back on the amount you've been eating and see if that does the
trick?"
As they left the younger man said, "You didn't even examine that woman. How did
you arrive at your diagnosis so quickly?"
"I didn't have to. You noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there?
When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a half-dozen banana peels in the
trash. That was what was probably making her sick.
"Huh," the younger doctor said, "pretty clever. I think I'll try that at the
next house."
Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes talking with a younger
woman. She complained that she just didn't have the energy she once did. "I'm
feeling terribly run down lately."
"You've probably been doing too much work for the church," the younger doctor
told her. "Perhaps you should cut back a bit and see if that helps.
"As they left, the elder doc said, "Your diagnosis is almost certainly correct,
but how did you arrive at it?"
"Well, just as you did at the last house, I dropped my stethoscope and when I
bent down to retrieve it, I noticed the preacher under the bed."
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