HIS FIRST PATIENT.
A physician tells a good story about himself.
"During my absence," he says, "my two youngsters got into my consultingroom, where they began to 'play at being doctors.' Presently one of them unlocked a door and disclosed an articulated skeleton to the terrified gaze of his playmate.
" 'Pooh! what are you afraid of?' ho asked. 'It's nothing but an old skelllngton.'
" 'Wh-wher did it come from?' asked the other, with chattering teeth.
" 'Oh, I don't know. Papa's had it a long time. I expect It was his first patient' ••
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7395, 22 February 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)
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92HIS FIRST PATIENT. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7395, 22 February 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)
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