The Hotel Doctor

A VIP was flying in from San Francisco. He was under the weather and needed a shot before the night’s performance.  Someone else...

If a prescription gave you diarrhea or made you vomit, you would complain. But until well into the twentieth century, people looked on...

  “Is he a VIP?” “All our citizens are VIPs” said the consul for Qatar, referring to a countryman at the Airport Hilton. Sick gu...

A singer felt a sore throat coming on, his manager explained. He needed a shot of cortisone. I’ve given many; singers seem to think th...

“A guest has cut off his ear and would like to see a doctor.” This was from the Westin at the airport. “I can’t sew an ear back in...

Here are myths that most laymen take for granted. A more serious problem is that many doctors also believe them.   1.   If it hurt...

A guest had stumbled in the shower and thrown out her back. Could I make a visit to decide if she needed hospitalization? Going to t...

Long ago a man phoned to inform me that he was on his honeymoon and would like a shot of testosterone. I explained that this was unlikel...

The guest had the medicine and syringes; all I had to do was draw it up give the injection. The drug was a blood thinner she needed afte...

Many singers and celebrities insist on a vitamin injection before a performance. That vitamin is almost always B12 because of (don’t jump ...

Give miracle shots. Whenever a movie character is crazy or really upset, a doctor delivers a shot that calms him. I wish I knew what it ...

Mostly, these callers are wrong, but now and then I hear from a guest undergoing legitimate treatment – usually for infertility – who ne...

A woman under treatment for infertility needed a progesterone shot every month. She had the vial. Could I send a nurse?... Why do do...