I told him that I had considerable trouble with my left arm, and he asked if I had ever been afflicted with rheumatism, or if I had ever been stricken with typhoid fever, or--I don't remember how many diseases he tried on suspicion.

I told him that so far as I knew I had been in excellent health, and then he began to ask me about my parents.

I told him that they were dead and that I didn't care to be treated for any disease that they might have had.

I asked him where he was from, and he said Philadelphia.

He hasn't been here long, but is treating some very prominent people, he says.