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davidcyclebackI guess this physician could start a side business writing medical condition LOAs for daguerreotyps. My childhood best friend's dad was a radiologist who would do anything for a buck.
"I demand a refund! My dermatologist says its only acne."
Next time you visit your family doctor, schedule an extra ten minutes and bring in your daguerreotypes. "Say Doc, do you see any possible elephantitus in these? Mercury poisoning? Maybe a little syphylis? The SMR on syphylis is through the roof this quarter."
The famous French short story writer Guy de Maupassant went crazy from syphylis and thought his brains were coming out his nose.
Not a joke. One of the elephant man's first attempts at a job was as a door to door salesman.