Show not due to ignorance dr briggs received a note from a farmer living back quite a ways in the country requesting him to come as quickly as possible to see ills his child who was very sick with a very bad cold the doctor examined the child and I 1 then turned to td the mother dont you know he asked that your little girl is coming down with the measles yes doctor was the womans comans reply 1 I knew she was then why in the world asked the tha doctor did you write me that she had a very bad cold the woman hesitated for a moment then looking at her husband said with sullen frankness neither him nor me knew how to spell measles national monthly |