How do you  cope with her?

Care of the elderly Clinic
99 Knittingham Road
Ollerpond
Knotts
OL1  7ON

Dear Dr Rattle

Thank you for referring this 67 year old woman.I have examined her from head to toe and I cannot acount for her hostility to people from Europe.I would examine her mind but we do not have the  ability as yet
I suggest you advise her to do Voluntary Work  or  get a lover.Or both.Reading poetry can calm some pople.
She has given me a headache and  made me feel  helpless.Next I’ll be in the Asylum with all those Seekers we read about.
I know I am lucky to have been so well educated coming from the lowest class in Britain so I will think of that instead.
How do you  cope with her?

Yours as ever

Anne Smotherhingham   MD,FRCS,D.Phil [Oxford] Ph.D [Athens] Diploma in Communication [Wigan] Professor of Poetry [Part time,Harvard]