Q: Describe the feelings of the doctor in his struggle to diagnose the disease.
The doctor was very friendly in the beginning. He asked the child’s first name and talked to him smilingly. But as the child behaved in a silly way, the doctor also lost self-control. It was a dangerous thing. He wanted to tear the child apart. First he thought of leaving the child as such, but then he remembered that two children had died of neglect. It was then that he decided to use force to see her throat. Just to do his moral duty, the doctor opened the child’s mouth forcefully.
Q: Compare and contrast the conduct of a healthy child and a sick child.
When a child is healthy, he has boundless energy. Life is a plaything for him. He is very friendly with the visitors at home. But a sick child is quite disturbed. He is particularly afraid of the visits of the doctors. He thinks that the doctors will use injections to hurt him. This is why he becomes aggressive. Moreover, inability to move also disturbs a sick child. Children don’t like to remain in bed for a long time. So during illness they become unsocial and quick tempered.[the_ad id=”17142″]
Q: Why was the doctor called by the woman?
The doctor was called on telephone by the woman. She wanted him to examine her daughter who was suffering from some disease.
Q: How did the woman receive the doctor at the front door?
When the doctor arrived, a big woman received him. She looked worried because of her daughter’s disease. She asked him if he was the doctor, and then let him in.
Q: Why was the woman apologetic when she received the doctor?
She told the doctor that she was sorry for keeping her daughter in the kitchen. She explained that in the kitchen it was warm while it was damp
in other rooms.