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HOW TO BE A DOCTOR (after Stephen Leacock) II


Date: 2015-10-07; view: 744.


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The patient ___ (to rise). The doctor ___ (to look) him over carefully without speaking and then suddenly ___ (to give) him a blow in the stomach that ___ (to make) him speechless. The doctor ___ (to walk) over to the window and ___ (to read) the morning paper for a while. Then he ___ (to turn) and ___ (to begin) to speak, more to himself than to his patient.

Then the doctor ___ (to turn) suddenly and ___ (to give) him another blow under the heart.

Then the doctor ___ (to go) behind the patient and ___ (give) him a powerful blow in the back.

"___ you ___ (to feel) that?" he ___ (to say).

"I ___ (to do)", the patient ___ (say).

Can you feel that?" he ___ (to say) as the patient ___ (to fall) over on the sofa.

"Get up", the doctor ___ (to say) and ___ (to count) ten.

"Hum!" he ___ (to say), "there ___ (to be) some anesthesia of the tympanum".

"Is that so?" the patient ___ (to say). "What can I do about it, Doctor?"

"Well", the doctor ___ (to say), "I ___ (to want) you to keep very quiet, you ___ (to have) to go to bed and stay there and keep quiet".


In reality, of course, the doctor ___ (not to have) the least idea what ___ (to be) wrong with the patient, but he ___ (to know) that if he ___ (to go) to bed and ___ (to keep) quiet, very quiet, he ___ either ___ (to get) quietly well again or ___ (to die) a quiet death. Meanwhile, if the doctor ___ (to call) every morning and ___ (to thump) and ___ (to beat) him, he can make the patient tell him what ___ (to be) wrong with him.

"What about diet, Doctor?" the patient ___ (to ask).

The answer to this question ___ (to depend) on how the doctor ___ (to feel) and whether it ___ (to be) long since he ___ (to have) a meal himself. If it ___ (to be) late in the morning and the doctor ___ (to be) hungry he ___ (to say), "Oh, eat well, don't be afraid of it, eat meat, vegetables, anything you ___ (to like)".

But if the doctor ___ just ___ (to have) lunch he ___ (to say), "I ___ (not to want) you to eat anything at all, absolutely nothing; it ___ (not to hurt) you".


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