A Good Majority
A well-known English surgeon was imparting some clinical instructions to half a dozen students, according to “The Medical Age.” Pausing at the bedside of a doubtful case he said: “Now, gentlemen, do you think this is or is not a case for operation?”
One by one each student made his diagnosis, and all of them answered in the negative.
“Well, gentlemen, you are all wrong,” said the wielder of the scalpel, “and I shall operate to-morrow.”
“No, you won’t,” said the patient, as he rose in his bed; “six to one is a good majority; gimme my clothes.”