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How To Be a Doctor: Anecdote


Daniil Kardashev’s first attempt – funny, but…

One day an old man came to the doctor complaining of sleeplessness and weakness. The doctor examined him and said, “Medicine won’t help you” and added “There is nothing wrong with you. All you need is a good rest. Go to the country, drink a lot of milk, breathe fresh air, eat plain food and smoke just one-two cigarettes a day”

  A month passed and the man came to see the doctor again. This time he was much better. “Well, how are you?” asked the doctor. ”I am fine, doctor”, said the patient. ”Thank you very much for your advice. I feel quite a new man now. But I must say these two cigarettes a day almost killed me at first. It’s no joke to start smoking at my age”