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The Project Gutenberg EBook of An Ounce of Cure, by Alan Edward Nourse This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. 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 f
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