THE MAN WHO WAS A HOSPITAL

 

The Man Who Was A Hospital

Question No. 1:    How did Jerome K. Jerome come to suspect that his liver was out of order?

Ans:     He came to suspect so after reading a patent liver-pill circular and concluded that his liver was out of order.

Question No. 2:    What was the disease he discovered he didn’t have?

Ans:     He discovered that he did not have ‘housemaid’s Knee’. He was much disappointed for not having it.

Question No. 3:    Was he pleased to find he didn’t have it?

Ans:     No, he rather felt hurt for not having it. He was mush disappointed at his finding.

Question No. 4:    What was his first reaction?

Ans:     He was frozen with horror that he was the patient of all the diseases. He thought that he would be an interesting case from medical point of view.

Question No. 5:    Why should he be an acquisition to the medical class?

Ans:     He should be an acquisition to the medical class because students would have no need to walk around the hospital to know about different diseases as he was a hospital himself.

Question No. 6:    Describe his visit to the medical man?

Ans:     When he went to the doctor he told him all about his diseases. The doctor at once understand the real matter. He checked him completely. He hit over his chest and head and then gave him a prescription.

Question No. 7:    He thought he was doing the doctor good turn by going to him .why?

Ans:     He thought so because the doctor was going to get more practice out of him than seventeen hundred common patients. Therefore, he thought he was doing the doctor good turn by going to him.

Question No. 8:    What was the prescription given to him by the doctor?

Ans:     The  prescription ran:

“11 lb beef steak, every 6 hours.

             10 miles walk every morning,

             Bed at 11 sharp every night.

             And don’t stuff your head with things

             You don’t understand”.

Question No. 9:    Describe his visit to the chemist?

Ans:     He went to chemist gave him the prescription. The chemist replied if he had a cooperative store and a family hotel combined he would have been able to oblige him.

Question No. 10:  What is the significance of the doctor’s advice: don’t stuff your head with things you don’t understand?

Ans:     This is a very important advice. Generally, people start to think about those things for which they have no concern. As a result, they draw false conclusion and get worried. The writer followed the advice and become healthy.

Question No. 11:  How had the writer walked into the reading room of the British Museum and how did he returned?

Ans:     The writer walked into the reading room as a happy and healthy man. But he returned as a despaired patient.

Question No. 12:  Had the heart of Jerome really stopped beating?

Ans:     No, in fact he was confused. When he did not feel his heart beating in his chest, he patted himself all over his front. He felt his pulse which was very fast.

Question No. 13:  Why did the writer go to the British Museum?

Ans:     He went to the British Museum to read the treatment of hay fever.

OR

Question No. 1: How did the writer come to suspect that his liver was out of order?

The writer was reading a liver-pill poster when he had an idea that his liver was out of order.

Question No. 2: What were the diseases, writer thought he was suffering from on reading a book?

He thought that he was suffering from almost all diseases mentioned in the book except one.

Question No. 3: What was the disease which the writer discovered he did not have?

The disease, he discovered that he did not have, was housemaid’s knee.

Question No. 4: Was the writer pleased to find he did not have housemaid’s knee?

No, he was not happy to know that he did not have housemaid’s knee.

Question No. 5: What was the writer’s first reaction when he found that he was suffering from all diseases?

He thought that he would be an interesting case from medical point of view. He thought that he was a hospital in himself.

Question No. 6: Why should the writer be an acquisition to the medical class?

He should be an acquisition to the medical class because he had almost all the diseases that a medical class needs.

Question No. 7: Describe writer’s visit to the doctor?

The doctor examined him carefully and found no disease in him. However, he wrote out a prescription and handed over to him.

Question No. 8: The writer thought he was doing the doctor a good turn by going to him. Why?

He thought that he would be a unique case for the doctor because he had almost all the diseases that a doctor needs to know.

Question No. 9: What was the prescription given to the writer by the doctor?

The prescription was:

One lb. beefsteak every six hours

Ten miles walk every morning

Bed at 11 sharp every night

And do not stuff your head with things you do not understand

Question No. 10: Describe the visit of the writer to the chemist?

The chemist told him that he had not things mentioned in the prescription because it was not a cooperative store or a family hotel.

Question No. 11: What is the significance of the doctor’s advice: do not stuff your head with the things you do not understand?

This last sentence is the outcome of the whole story. Doctor’s advice is very important for crack-minded and weak will power people.

Question No. 12: Why did the writer go to British Museum?

He went to British Museum to consult a book of diseases. He wanted to examine himself.