The Hotel Doctor

The room contained four young Asian men and extra beds, on one of which lay my patient looking miserable with a wet washrag on his for...

Loews guest was suffering flu symptoms, but mostly he worried about his temperature. I explained that the fever was not an ominous sign....

I had cared for a ten year-old with fever who had vomited twice. It was the usual stomach virus that might last a day. I reassured his...

Everyone yearns to understand their medical problem. In the absence of evidence, they use common sense which turns out to be a terribl...

I drove to the Magic hotel in Hollywood where a Danish couple’s 18 month-old was vomiting. He looked fine, and looking is essential:   s...

4.   “Staying in bed won’t make this go away any faster.” Many laymen believe illness requires rest. They skip work or school. Mothers g...