Surprising the Doctor.
An old lady of great .wealth has just ~died at Fohtainebleau. Her will, which was opened on the day of her death, contained the following clause : —
" I bequeath to my doctor the entire contents of the old trunk in my dressing room, the key of which, will be found in tho mattress of my bed." Great excitement among, the relatives, ■who imagined the treasures of the deceased to be escaping from their clutches. At last the doctor is sent for ; the trunk is opened anO found to contain, intact and uncorked, ' all the drugs and mixtures that he had prescribed for her during the last 50 years.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 82
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110Surprising the Doctor. Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 82
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