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Show YOUR HEALTH BY OR B. M, BISHOP I I KELP DO TOH il LGtfOSE -It Is necessary for tho modern prut-ticlng prut-ticlng physician Co bo a modern Sher- t lock Holmes, Yi w people, when con-! suiting him, arc care; ul to answer his; questions fully and satisfactorily They aro ntoro Ot les.-t indifferent ss to what causes the complaint, it i tho Elimination of the complaint they desire. I The common case Ui the mad whoi jdor.m't feel Just right but cant give I thl physician uny help in lycaiSu j I iho aliment. i "You ought to know, you're a doctor," doc-tor," ho says. When asked whether', his appetite is as pood ;u usual, ho; responds nonoommlcally with "Oh, i it's not so g'od lometimee." When askirl how ho sleeps a llker answer Is forthcoming, and so ottl through tho entire catechism. To such a patient's mind. the doctor j asks sucn foolish questions. This is the gteat obstacle the doe- tor meets every day. He Is expected! to remedy ihj without learning their i uusos. without probing to the ourees. Of eourue, the moral Is chat a patient in socking medical advhu should always hc more than willing ; to answer all the doctor's "foolish questions, answer" them full? ana cheerfully, since this is the quickest' and fairest way to get ft true diagnosis diag-nosis ami thus to a treatment r.r the ailment. The physician may ask what spenu to be foolish and Irrelevant Question Ques-tion . Hi l merely endeavoring to prODo to the source. When 'oU go to t doctor to have ft medical examination, ex-amination, or to seek advice. V. is well to be prepared to answer any and all questions OO-- . |