Consider the young fellow just out of medical school who moves out to a small community to replace a doctor who is retiring. The older gent suggests the young one accompany him on his rounds so the community can become used to a new doctor.
At the first house a woman complains, "I've been a little sick to my stomach."
"Well," says the older doctor, "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 leave the younger man says, "You didn't even examine that woman. How did 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 says, "Pretty clever. I'll have to remember that."
Arriving at the next house, they spend several minutes talking with a young woman. She complains that she just doesn't have the energy she once did. "I'm feeling terribly run down lately," she says.
"You've probably been doing too much work for the church," the younger doctor tells her. "Perhaps you should cut back a bit and see if that helps."
As they leave, the older man says, "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."
At the first house a woman complains, "I've been a little sick to my stomach."
"Well," says the older doctor, "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 leave the younger man says, "You didn't even examine that woman. How did 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 says, "Pretty clever. I'll have to remember that."
Arriving at the next house, they spend several minutes talking with a young woman. She complains that she just doesn't have the energy she once did. "I'm feeling terribly run down lately," she says.
"You've probably been doing too much work for the church," the younger doctor tells her. "Perhaps you should cut back a bit and see if that helps."
As they leave, the older man says, "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."
