Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1885 — The Doctor’s Candor. [ARTICLE]

The Doctor’s Candor.

“What a candid man Doc. is,” said that mischievous young Pointedtoes as he slid into the best seat in Dr. Wiggleton’s office. “You know if a person dies of a malignant disease, the physician has to report it to the health authorities, filling up a long blank with name of disease, cause of death, etc.” “Yes,” said the clerk. “Well, Doc, had a case which everybody thought was clearly scarlet fever, but it wasn’t.” “What was it then?” “The report read ‘Cause of Death— August Wiggleton, M. D.’ ” “Oh, well, you know that was only a mistake. I got the signature on the wrong line,” said the M. D. “So I suggested -to Dr. Hoyt, but he said he guessed not. There were lots of such cases, but physicians had seldom your charming candor.”— St. Paul Herald.