I found out later that Arletta was
to fee them all handsomely in case of my early recovery. My new nurses
were always ready to answer questions and give me any information I
wanted.
Upon arriving at my new and sumptuous quarters, one of the nurses
informed me that I was to receive a personal visit from the great Doctor
Know-all that day. She further informed me that he was considered to be
the leading physician of America and that he never made a professional
call for less than one thousand dollars. As if by appointment Arletta
and this doctor arrived at almost the same moment. Several of the house
physicians also followed him into the room anxious to learn what
diagnosis this celebrated practitioner would make of a case which had so
baffled them. He lost no time in unnecessary talk but got down to work
immediately, first looking over the charts which recorded my condition
since my entrance to the hospital. Then he examined me carefully, with
various instruments, from the tip of my head to the sole of my foot,
meanwhile asking me many questions on widely different subjects.
At last he turned to the house physicians and said: "It is my opinion
that when this man first entered the hospital he was merely suffering
from a simple case of malaria and not enteric fever, as you have
diagnosed. Since then his kidneys have become affected, and he now
suffers from both malaria and lumbago. For the fever, give him ten
grains of quinine three times a day for two days and gradually diminish
the quantity until the fever abates entirely.
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