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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: An Ounce of Cure + +Author: Alan Edward Nourse + +Release Date: October 3, 2007 [EBook #22866] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN OUNCE OF CURE *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<p class='pagenum'><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></p> + +<h1>An<br /> +Ounce<br /> +of<br /> +Cure +</h1> + +<p>The doctor's office was shiny and modern. Behind the desk +the doctor smiled down at James Wheatley through thick +glasses. "Now, then! What seems to be the trouble?"</p> + +<p>Wheatley had been palpitating for five days straight at the +prospect of coming here. "I know it's silly," he said. "But I've +been having a pain in my toe."</p> + +<p>"Indeed!" said the doctor. "Well, now! How long have you +had this pain, my man?"</p> + +<p>"About six months now, I'd say. Just now and then, you +know. It's never really been bad. Until last week. You see—"</p> + +<p>"I see," said the doctor. "Getting worse all the time, you +say."</p> + +<p>Wheatley wiggled the painful toe reflectively. "Well—you +might say that. You see, when I first—"</p> + +<p>"How old did you say you were, Mr. Wheatley?"</p> + +<p>"Fifty-five."</p> + +<p>"Fifty-<i>five</i>!" The doctor leafed through the medical record +on his desk. "But this is incredible. You haven't had a checkup +in almost ten years!"</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> +"I guess I haven't," said Wheatley, apologetically. "I'd been +feeling pretty well until—"</p> + +<p>"<i>Feeling</i> well!" The doctor stared in horror. "But my dear +fellow, no checkup since January 1963! We aren't in the Middle +Ages, you know. This is 1972."</p> + +<p>"Well, of course—"</p> + +<p>"Of course you may be <i>feeling</i> well enough, but that doesn't +mean everything is just the way it should be. And now, you +see, you're having pains in your toes!"</p> + +<p>"One toe," said Wheatley. "The little one on the right. It +seemed to me—"</p> + +<p>"One toe <i>today</i>, perhaps," said the doctor heavily. "But <i>tomorrow</i>—" +He heaved a sigh. "How about your breathing +lately? Been growing short of breath when you hurry upstairs?"</p> + +<p>"Well—I <i>have</i> been bothered a little."</p> + +<p>"I thought so! Heart pound when you run for the subway? +Feel tired all day? Pains in your calves when you walk fast?"</p> + +<p>"Uh—yes, occasionally, I—" Wheatley looked worried and +rubbed his toe on the chair leg.</p> + +<p>"You know that fifty-five is a dangerous age," said the doctor +gravely. "Do you have a cough? Heartburn after dinner? +Prop up on pillows at night? Just as I thought! And no checkup +for ten years!" He sighed again.</p> + +<p>"I suppose I should have seen to it," Wheatley admitted. +"But you see, it's just that my toe—"</p> + +<p>"My dear fellow! Your toe is <i>part</i> of you. It doesn't just +exist down there all by itself. If your <i>toe</i> hurts, there must be +a <i>reason</i>."</p> + +<p>Wheatley looked more worried than ever. "There must? I +thought—perhaps you could just give me a little something—"</p> + +<p>"To stop the pain?" The doctor looked shocked. "Well, of +course I could <i>do</i> that, but that's not getting at the root of the +trouble, is it? That's just treating symptoms. Medieval quackery. +Medicine has advanced a long way since your last checkup, +my friend. And even treatment has its dangers. Did you know +that more people died last year of <i>aspirin</i> poisoning than of<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> +<i>cyanide</i> poisoning?"</p> + +<p>Wheatley wiped his forehead. "I—dear me! I never realized—"</p> + +<p>"We have to <i>think</i> about those things," said the doctor. +"Now, the problem here is to find out <i>why</i> you have the pain +in your toe. It could be inflammatory. Maybe a tumor. Perhaps +it could be, uh, functional ... or maybe vascular!"</p> + +<p>"Perhaps you could take my blood pressure, or something," +Wheatley offered.</p> + +<p>"Well, of course I <i>could</i>. But that isn't really my field, you +know. It wouldn't really <i>mean</i> anything, if I did it. But there's +nothing to worry about. We have a fine Hypertensive man at +the Diagnostic Clinic." The doctor checked the appointment +book on his desk. "Now, if we could see you there next Monday +morning at nine—"</p> + +<hr /> + +<p>"Very interesting X rays," said the young doctor with the +red hair. "<i>Very</i> interesting. See this shadow in the duodenal +cap? See the prolonged emptying time? And I've never seen +such beautiful pylorospasm!"</p> + +<p>"This is my toe?" asked Wheatley, edging toward the doctors. +It seemed he had been waiting for a very long time.</p> + +<p>"Toe! Oh, no," said the red-headed doctor. "No, that's the +Orthopedic Radiologist's job. I'm a Gastro-Intestinal man, +myself. Upper. Dr. Schultz here is Lower." The red-headed +doctor turned back to his consultation with Dr. Schultz. Mr. +Wheatley rubbed his toe and waited.</p> + +<p>Presently another doctor came by. He looked very grave as +he sat down beside Wheatley. "Tell me, Mr. Wheatley, have +you had an orthodiagram recently?"</p> + +<p>"No."</p> + +<p>"An EKG?"</p> + +<p>"No."</p> + +<p>"Fluoroaortogram?"</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> +"I—don't <i>think</i> so."</p> + +<p>The doctor looked even graver, and walked away, muttering +to himself. In a few moments he came back with two more +doctors. "—no question in <i>my</i> mind that it's cardiomegaly," +he was saying, "but Haddonfield should know. He's the best +Left Ventricle man in the city. Excellent paper in the AMA +Journal last July: 'The Inadequacies of Modern Orthodiagramatic +Techniques in Demonstrating Minimal Left Ventricular +Hypertrophy.' A brilliant study, simply brilliant! Now +<i>this</i> patient—" He glanced toward Wheatley, and his voice +dropped to a mumble.</p> + +<p>Presently two of the men nodded, and one walked over to +Wheatley, cautiously, as though afraid he might suddenly vanish. +"Now, there's nothing to be worried about, Mr. Wheatley," +he said. "We're going to have you fixed up in just no time at +all. Just a few more studies. Now, if you could see me in Valve +Clinic tomorrow afternoon at three—"</p> + +<p>Wheatley nodded. "Nothing serious, I hope?"</p> + +<p>"Serious? Oh, no! Dear me, you <i>mustn't</i> worry. Everything +is going to be all right," the doctor said.</p> + +<p>"Well—I—that is, my toe is still bothering me some. It's +not nearly as bad, but I wondered if maybe you—"</p> + +<p>Dawn broke on the doctor's face. "Give you something for +it? Well now, we aren't Therapeutic men, you understand. +Always best to let the expert handle the problem in his own +field." He paused, stroking his chin for a moment. "Tell you +what we'll do. Dr. Epstein is one of the finest Therapeutic men +in the city. He could take care of you in a jiffy. We'll see if we +can't arrange an appointment with him after you've seen me +tomorrow."</p> + +<p>Mr. Wheatley was late to Mitral Valve Clinic the next day +because he had gone to Aortic Valve Clinic by mistake, but +finally he found the right waiting room. A few hours later he +was being thumped, photographed, and listened to. Substances +were popped into his right arm, and withdrawn from his left +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span>arm as he marveled at the brilliance of modern medical techniques. +Before they were finished he had been seen by both +the Mitral men and the Aortic men, as well as the Great +Arteries man and the Peripheral Capillary Bed man.</p> + +<p>The Therapeutic man happened to be in Atlantic City at a +convention and the Rheumatologist was on vacation, so Wheatley +was sent to Functional Clinic instead. "Always have to +rule out these things," the doctors agreed. "Wouldn't do much +good to give you medicine if your trouble isn't organic, now, +would it?" The Psychoneuroticist studied his sex life, while the +Psychosociologist examined his social milieu. Then they conferred +for a long time.</p> + +<p>Three days later he was waiting in the hallway downstairs +again. Heads met in a huddle; words and phrases slipped out +from time to time as the discussion grew heated.</p> + +<p>"—no doubt in my mind that it's a—"</p> + +<p>"But we can't ignore the endocrine implications, doctor—"</p> + +<p>"You're perfectly right there, of course. Bittenbender at +the University might be able to answer the question. No better +Pituitary Osmoreceptorologist in the city—"</p> + +<p>"—a Tubular Function man should look at those kidneys +first. He's fifty-five, you know."</p> + +<p>"—has anyone studied his filtration fraction?"</p> + +<p>"—might be a peripheral vascular spasticity factor—"</p> + +<p>After a while James Wheatley rose from the bench and +slipped out the door, limping slightly as he went.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p>The room was small and dusky, with heavy Turkish drapes +obscuring the dark hallway beyond. A suggestion of incense +hung in the air.</p> + +<p>In due course a gaunt, swarthy man in mustache and turban +appeared through the curtains and bowed solemnly. "You +come with a problem?" he asked, in a slight accent.</p> + +<p>"As a matter of fact, yes," James Wheatley said hesitantly. +"You see, I've been having a pain in my right little toe...."</p> + +<div class='bbox'> +<h3 style='margin-top:0;'>Transcriber's Notes & Errata</h3> + +<p>This etext was produced from "The Counterfeit Man: More Science Fiction +Stories by Alan E. Nourse" published in 1963. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: An Ounce of Cure + +Author: Alan Edward Nourse + +Release Date: October 3, 2007 [EBook #22866] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN OUNCE OF CURE *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +An Ounce of Cure + + +The doctor's office was shiny and modern. Behind the desk the doctor +smiled down at James Wheatley through thick glasses. "Now, then! What +seems to be the trouble?" + +Wheatley had been palpitating for five days straight at the prospect of +coming here. "I know it's silly," he said. "But I've been having a pain +in my toe." + +"Indeed!" said the doctor. "Well, now! How long have you had this pain, +my man?" + +"About six months now, I'd say. Just now and then, you know. It's never +really been bad. Until last week. You see--" + +"I see," said the doctor. "Getting worse all the time, you say." + +Wheatley wiggled the painful toe reflectively. "Well--you might say +that. You see, when I first--" + +"How old did you say you were, Mr. Wheatley?" + +"Fifty-five." + +"Fifty-_five_!" The doctor leafed through the medical record on his +desk. "But this is incredible. You haven't had a checkup in almost ten +years!" + +"I guess I haven't," said Wheatley, apologetically. "I'd been feeling +pretty well until--" + +"_Feeling_ well!" The doctor stared in horror. "But my dear fellow, no +checkup since January 1963! We aren't in the Middle Ages, you know. This +is 1972." + +"Well, of course--" + +"Of course you may be _feeling_ well enough, but that doesn't mean +everything is just the way it should be. And now, you see, you're having +pains in your toes!" + +"One toe," said Wheatley. "The little one on the right. It seemed to +me--" + +"One toe _today_, perhaps," said the doctor heavily. "But _tomorrow_--" +He heaved a sigh. "How about your breathing lately? Been growing short +of breath when you hurry upstairs?" + +"Well--I _have_ been bothered a little." + +"I thought so! Heart pound when you run for the subway? Feel tired all +day? Pains in your calves when you walk fast?" + +"Uh--yes, occasionally, I--" Wheatley looked worried and rubbed his toe +on the chair leg. + +"You know that fifty-five is a dangerous age," said the doctor gravely. +"Do you have a cough? Heartburn after dinner? Prop up on pillows at +night? Just as I thought! And no checkup for ten years!" He sighed +again. + +"I suppose I should have seen to it," Wheatley admitted. "But you see, +it's just that my toe--" + +"My dear fellow! Your toe is _part_ of you. It doesn't just exist down +there all by itself. If your _toe_ hurts, there must be a _reason_." + +Wheatley looked more worried than ever. "There must? I thought--perhaps +you could just give me a little something--" + +"To stop the pain?" The doctor looked shocked. "Well, of course I could +_do_ that, but that's not getting at the root of the trouble, is it? +That's just treating symptoms. Medieval quackery. Medicine has advanced +a long way since your last checkup, my friend. And even treatment has +its dangers. Did you know that more people died last year of _aspirin_ +poisoning than of _cyanide_ poisoning?" + +Wheatley wiped his forehead. "I--dear me! I never realized--" + +"We have to _think_ about those things," said the doctor. "Now, the +problem here is to find out _why_ you have the pain in your toe. It +could be inflammatory. Maybe a tumor. Perhaps it could be, uh, +functional ... or maybe vascular!" + +"Perhaps you could take my blood pressure, or something," Wheatley +offered. + +"Well, of course I _could_. But that isn't really my field, you know. It +wouldn't really _mean_ anything, if I did it. But there's nothing to +worry about. We have a fine Hypertensive man at the Diagnostic Clinic." +The doctor checked the appointment book on his desk. "Now, if we could +see you there next Monday morning at nine--" + + * * * * * + +"Very interesting X rays," said the young doctor with the red hair. +"_Very_ interesting. See this shadow in the duodenal cap? See the +prolonged emptying time? And I've never seen such beautiful +pylorospasm!" + +"This is my toe?" asked Wheatley, edging toward the doctors. It seemed +he had been waiting for a very long time. + +"Toe! Oh, no," said the red-headed doctor. "No, that's the Orthopedic +Radiologist's job. I'm a Gastro-Intestinal man, myself. Upper. Dr. +Schultz here is Lower." The red-headed doctor turned back to his +consultation with Dr. Schultz. Mr. Wheatley rubbed his toe and waited. + +Presently another doctor came by. He looked very grave as he sat down +beside Wheatley. "Tell me, Mr. Wheatley, have you had an orthodiagram +recently?" + +"No." + +"An EKG?" + +"No." + +"Fluoroaortogram?" + +"I--don't _think_ so." + +The doctor looked even graver, and walked away, muttering to himself. In +a few moments he came back with two more doctors. "--no question in _my_ +mind that it's cardiomegaly," he was saying, "but Haddonfield should +know. He's the best Left Ventricle man in the city. Excellent paper in +the AMA Journal last July: 'The Inadequacies of Modern Orthodiagramatic +Techniques in Demonstrating Minimal Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.' A +brilliant study, simply brilliant! Now _this_ patient--" He glanced +toward Wheatley, and his voice dropped to a mumble. + +Presently two of the men nodded, and one walked over to Wheatley, +cautiously, as though afraid he might suddenly vanish. "Now, there's +nothing to be worried about, Mr. Wheatley," he said. "We're going to +have you fixed up in just no time at all. Just a few more studies. Now, +if you could see me in Valve Clinic tomorrow afternoon at three--" + +Wheatley nodded. "Nothing serious, I hope?" + +"Serious? Oh, no! Dear me, you _mustn't_ worry. Everything is going to +be all right," the doctor said. + +"Well--I--that is, my toe is still bothering me some. It's not nearly as +bad, but I wondered if maybe you--" + +Dawn broke on the doctor's face. "Give you something for it? Well now, +we aren't Therapeutic men, you understand. Always best to let the expert +handle the problem in his own field." He paused, stroking his chin for a +moment. "Tell you what we'll do. Dr. Epstein is one of the finest +Therapeutic men in the city. He could take care of you in a jiffy. We'll +see if we can't arrange an appointment with him after you've seen me +tomorrow." + +Mr. Wheatley was late to Mitral Valve Clinic the next day because he had +gone to Aortic Valve Clinic by mistake, but finally he found the right +waiting room. A few hours later he was being thumped, photographed, and +listened to. Substances were popped into his right arm, and withdrawn +from his left arm as he marveled at the brilliance of modern medical +techniques. Before they were finished he had been seen by both the +Mitral men and the Aortic men, as well as the Great Arteries man and the +Peripheral Capillary Bed man. + +The Therapeutic man happened to be in Atlantic City at a convention and +the Rheumatologist was on vacation, so Wheatley was sent to Functional +Clinic instead. "Always have to rule out these things," the doctors +agreed. "Wouldn't do much good to give you medicine if your trouble +isn't organic, now, would it?" The Psychoneuroticist studied his sex +life, while the Psychosociologist examined his social milieu. Then they +conferred for a long time. + +Three days later he was waiting in the hallway downstairs again. Heads +met in a huddle; words and phrases slipped out from time to time as the +discussion grew heated. + +"--no doubt in my mind that it's a--" + +"But we can't ignore the endocrine implications, doctor--" + +"You're perfectly right there, of course. Bittenbender at the University +might be able to answer the question. No better Pituitary +Osmoreceptorologist in the city--" + +"--a Tubular Function man should look at those kidneys first. He's +fifty-five, you know." + +"--has anyone studied his filtration fraction?" + +"--might be a peripheral vascular spasticity factor--" + +After a while James Wheatley rose from the bench and slipped out the +door, limping slightly as he went. + + * * * * * + +The room was small and dusky, with heavy Turkish drapes obscuring the +dark hallway beyond. A suggestion of incense hung in the air. + +In due course a gaunt, swarthy man in mustache and turban appeared +through the curtains and bowed solemnly. "You come with a problem?" he +asked, in a slight accent. + +"As a matter of fact, yes," James Wheatley said hesitantly. "You see, +I've been having a pain in my right little toe...." + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of An Ounce of Cure, by Alan Edward Nourse + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN OUNCE OF CURE *** + +***** This file should be named 22866.txt or 22866.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/8/6/22866/ + +Produced by Greg Weeks, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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