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Show LAUGH TURNED ON SURGEON. His Effort to Impress Students Was a Distinct Failure. A famous Connan surgeon, n pompous pom-pous man, who loved to Impress his patients and students with his importance, impor-tance, was lecturing to his students ouo day w hen a vvorMngnian entered tho room. The surgeon stopped him by n gesture and ordered his class to look nt him. "Now, Mr. X," ho said to one of tho students, "what Is tho matter with this mnn? From hero von should ho able to mnUo a correct dhiRnosIs simply by looking at tho iniin'b face, his bearing nnd tho contour con-tour of his head." Mr. X. Mr. Y and Mr. 7, having failed to mako any diagnosis di-agnosis whatsoever, the professor triumphantly tri-umphantly declared: "You ought to see nt the first glance that tho man Is deaf and dumb." He forgot to mention men-tion Hint he himself had frequently seen the patient. Then the patient spoke up: "No, your excellency, It Is my brother who Is denf and dumb. But lie looks very much like mo." |