zombola
08-18-2015, 12:05 PM
A young doctor had moved out to a small community to replace a doctor
who was retiring.
The older doctor suggested that the young one
accompany him on his rounds, so the community could become used to a
new doctor.
At the first house a woman complains, "I've been a little
sick to my stomach." The older doctor says, "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 the
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 probably
was 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 and said,
"I'm feeling terribly rundown 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
doctor said, "I know that woman well, your diagnosis is almost
certainly
correct, but how did you arrive at it?"
"I did what 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."
who was retiring.
The older doctor suggested that the young one
accompany him on his rounds, so the community could become used to a
new doctor.
At the first house a woman complains, "I've been a little
sick to my stomach." The older doctor says, "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 the
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 probably
was 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 and said,
"I'm feeling terribly rundown 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
doctor said, "I know that woman well, your diagnosis is almost
certainly
correct, but how did you arrive at it?"
"I did what 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."