KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 246, 30 January 1917, Page 4

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

It was his first case, and be meant to make the most of it. The patient was a small child, son of old Farmer Jorkins. With his best bedside manner in full swing, the young doctor Bat by the little one's cot, holding his hand while the father and mother stood anxiously J>y, waiting for the verdict. At length, putting his watch back in his pocket, the young man rose and addressed the waiting parents. "You need have no fear," he announced, smiling majestically. "He will soon be among you again. He is suffering from a slight distention of the diaphragm directly due to a disturbance of the intestinal epidermis. Avoid giving him unripe fruit, as that would cause an irritation of the stomachic coating, thereby producing spasmodic spasms—which is really what is the matter with him now." "Just think of that," muttered Jorkins to his wife. "And I thought it was stomachache!"