Aesop's Fables, Part 254 summary
Part 254 of 284 · 1 min to read the part
In The Quack Doctor, a sick man survives despite one doctor's prediction that he has less than a day to live, exposing the doctor's mistake. When they meet during his walk, the man answers the doctor's teasing with an invented account that labels him an impostor rather than a healer.
What happens
- A sick man consults several doctors, most of whom expect a long illness without immediate danger.
- The last doctor predicts death within a day and says he cannot help.
- After a few days, the man rises from bed and takes a walk, still looking very pale.
- The mistaken doctor meets him and asks about the dead as though his patient has returned from their world.
- The man replies that the dead plan to prosecute doctors, but exempt this one because he is an impostor.
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What to notice
The patient's invented exemption delivers the insult: this doctor lacks the skill that supposedly makes other doctors guilty of preserving life.
Quick check
Why does the patient claim the authorities exempt the Doctor from prosecution?
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