Punch,  63 (1872), 148.

Happy Thoughts  [16/31]

[Francis C Burnand]

Genre:

Diary, Spoof, Serial

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Medical Practitioners


    The narrator considers that he would have made a 'capital Doctor'. He explains that he would have allowed the patient to 'prescribe for himself, unconsciously' and details the ways in which he would cross-examine and handle patients.



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