There is one thing, Mrs.Tolbridge, that you should never forget, and that is that the doctor is not only your husband, but the mainstay of the community." "Oh, I know that, and accept the responsibility; but you must tell me why you are in bed with all your clothes on.

I believe that you did not expect the doctor so soon, and when you heard my knock, you clapped on your night-cap and jumped into bed." "Catherine," quietly remarked the old lady, "there is nothing so discouraging to a doctor as to find a person who has sent for him out of bed.

If the patient is up and about, she mystifies him; he is apt to make mistakes; he loses interest; he wonders if she couldn't come to him, instead of his having to go to her; but when he finds the ailing person in bed, the case is natural and straightforward; he feels at home, and knows how to go to work.

If you believe in a doctor, you ought to make him believe in you.

And if you are in bed, he will believe in you, and if you are out of it, he is apt not to.