THE GENERAL AND THE DOCTOR.
Once, when General Sherman had been under the care of a physician for some time, he said : ‘ Doctor, I don’t seem to be getting any better, for all your medicine.’ ‘ Well, General,’ replied the doctor, jocosely, ‘ perhaps you had better take Shakespeare’s advice and throw physic to the dogs” ‘ I would, doctor,’ replied the sick man, as he turned his head on the pillow—‘l would, but there are a number of valuable dogs in this neighbourhood.’
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Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 41, 15 January 1898, Page 2
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