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Your Diagnosis is almost certainly correct !

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  • 02-03-2010 2:55pm
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    A young doctor had moved out to a small community to replace the
    retiring country doctor. The older doctor suggested the young one
    accompany him on his rounds so the community could become used to a
    new doctor.

    At the first house a woman complained, "I've been a little sick to my
    stomach."

    The older doctor said, "Well, 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 left the younger man said, "You didn't even examine that woman.
    How did you arrive at 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 probably was making her sick."

    "Huh," the younger doctor said, "pretty clever. I think I'll try that
    at the next house."

    Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes talking with a
    younger woman. She complained that she just didn't have the energy
    she once did. "I'm feeling terribly run down lately."

    "You've probably been doing too much work for the church," the younger
    doctor told her. "Perhaps you should cut back a bit and see if that
    helps."

    As they left, the elder doc said, "Your diagnosis is almost certainly
    correct, but how did you arrive at it?"

    "Well, just as you did at the last house, I dropped my stethoscope and
    when I bent down to retrieve it, I saw the preacher under the bed."


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