THE MAN WHO WAS A HOSPITAL
1. How did Jerome K. Jerome come to know that his liver was out of order? What were the diseases he thought he was suffering from on reading a book on the treatment of diseases?
Ans. One day, Jerome K. Jerome was reading a liver-pill circular. Various symptoms of that disease were given and from these he fancied that his liver was out of order. When he read a book on diseases, he found that all the diseases which were described in the book were present in him except housemaid’s knee.2. What was the disease he discovered he didn’t have?
Housemaid’s knee was the disease which he didn’t have.
3. Was he pleased to find he didn’t have it?
No, he was annoyed to find that he did not have housemaid’s knee. He called it unjust and an invidious reservation.
4. What was his first reaction?
He sat and pondered over his case. He thought of himself that he was an asset for a medical student.
5. Why should he be an acquisition to the medical class?
He should be an acquisition for the medical students because all they needed is practice. They should not waste their time in hospital wards. Instead, they should come to him, study his case and take their diploma.
6. Describe his visit to the medical man.
He went straight to his medical man who was an old chum of him and told him that he had every known malady in pharmacology except housemaid’s knee. He found this a shortcut way to tell his present condition.
7. He thought he was doing a good turn by going to him. Why?
Before that, whenever the writer fancied that he was ill, the doctor always treated him casually. That time, he thought that he had a plethora of diseases and now he would do a good turn to the doctor because he would get more practice out of him than many an ordinary patient.
8. What was the prescription given to him by the doctor?
The prescription ran:
“1 lb. beefsteak every six hours,
ten-mile walk every morning,
bed at 11 sharp every night,
and don’t stuff your head with things you don’t understand.”
9. Describe his visit to chemist.
He got the prescription and took it to the nearest chemist. He thrust it upon the chemist without reading it. The chemist read it and handed it back to the author and said that he did not keep it. The prescription contained items available with a general store and family hotel not with a chemist.
10. What is significance of the doctor’s advice: don’t stuff your head with things you don’t understand?
This advice is the most important component of the doctor’s prescription. The author has a poor knowledge about diseases and fancies every disease about which he reads present in himself. So, the doctor advises him not to stuff his head with things he doesn’t understand. The writer acts upon it and leads a happy healthy life.
FBISE, HSSC-2. English Book 2, Answers to Questions, HSSC 2 Note, Federal Board Islamabad
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