James Allen Moseley

Medicdotes James Allen Moseley

This collection of delightful anecdotes is just what every weary doctor, medical student, and patient needs to see the lighter side of the healing art. Here's a sample: A nephew of the famous Rothschild (equally rich) once got a fish bone stuck in his throat. Terrified and unable to breathe, he managed to rasp out: "Call a doctor!" A physician happened to live quite nearby, and he ran to the rescue, neatly extracting the fish bone. Rothschild gave a profound sigh of relief and declared to the doctor, "You have saved my life. Ask anything you desire..." Smiling, the doctor said, "Let's settle it this way: give me just one-tenth of what you were prepared to pay at the moment you felt you were dying."