The Sending
“I had refused to consider it before I ran away, being almost as afraid of his tough, hearty manner as of my suffering. I knew him only as a Penminster worthy and occasional companion, for I had never needed his services. Consequently I underrated his intelligence. I am prejudiced against the artificiality of the professional manner, whether of doctors, lawyers or priests. Unfair. I never minded the proud bearing and military panache of my Indian officers.
I ran into him at the school sports... day and on a desperate impulse told him that I needed his advice and that it was not a matter he could deal with in the surgery. He at once asked me round to his house for a drink. There I told him as much as I thought fit, trying to play down the irresistible terror. I did not expect much skill in psychiatry from a general practitioner in a country district. Again wrong. While the specialist can concentrate on the cases where the ever-changing theories are applicable, the country doctor—in tune with the seasons and the reluctance of his patients (so unlike townsmen) to waste time on medicine men unless in serious trouble—has to keep a more open mind.MoreLess
I ran into him at the school sports... day and on a desperate impulse told him that I needed his advice and that it was not a matter he could deal with in the surgery. He at once asked me round to his house for a drink. There I told him as much as I thought fit, trying to play down the irresistible terror. I did not expect much skill in psychiatry from a general practitioner in a country district. Again wrong. While the specialist can concentrate on the cases where the ever-changing theories are applicable, the country doctor—in tune with the seasons and the reluctance of his patients (so unlike townsmen) to waste time on medicine men unless in serious trouble—has to keep a more open mind.MoreLess
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