These are days, I gather, when it is difficult to
be an honest doctor. Every medical man is beset by patients seeking, and confidently ex- pecting, a certificate for priority milk, or to buttress a claim for supplementary. petrol. The reasons for the alleged necessity for more milk are diverse, but often it is simply that "I've always had a glass of milk" or a cup of cocoa or a Horlick's or something of the kind, before going to bed. And all that is necessary is to invent a state of health that makes the lacteal stimulant indispensable. The honest doctor turns the application down with a bang, and the applicant goes off in a sulk with the declaration "I shall go to Dr. So-and-So ; he'll give it to me." The honest doctor knows that is quite true, and sees one patient more written off from his clientele. Jaws.
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