> A young doctor had moved out to a small community to replace
> a doctor who was retiring. The older gent suggested the young one
> accompany him on his rounds so the community could become use
> 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'd you come to 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 an elderly 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 like you at the last house, I dropped my
> stethoscope. When I bent down to retrieve it, I noticed the
> preacher under the bed."
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