A young doctor had moved out to small rural community to replace the retiring country doctor. The older doctor suggested the young one accompany him on his house calls so the community could become used to a new doctor.
At the first house a woman complained, "Ive been a little sick to my stomach.
The older doctor said, "Well, you've probably been overdoing the fresh fruit. Why not cut back on the amount you've been eating and see if that doesn't do the trick?"
As they left, the younger doctor said, "You didn't even examine that woman. How did you arrive at your diagnosis so quickly?"
"I didn't have to. You noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there? When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a half-dozen banana peels in the trash. That was probably making her sick."
"Huh," the younger doctor exclaimed, "pretty clever."
"I think I'll try it at the next house."
Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes talking to a younger woman. She complained that she just didn't have the energy she once did. "I'm feeling terribly run down lately."
"You've probably been doing too much work for the church," the younger doctor told her.
"Perhaps you should cut back a bit and see if that helps."
As they left, the elder doc said "Your diagnosis is almost certainly correct, but how did you arrive at it so fast?"
"Well, just as you did at the last house, I dropped my stethoscope and when I bent down to retrieve it, I noticed the preacher under the bed."
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