As other trades, including divorce proctors.

I well remember in the days long past,

Pulse felt, and a look at the color the tongue cast,

When the doctor was done, and no more was asked.

He said it was simply chills and fever he did believe,

Which a good dose of calomel or blue mass would relieve,

All of which the patient did then and there receive.

You might have had a slight pain in your head,

And you were advised to lie still in bed.

Now call a doctor your wife to see,