DOCTOR REDUX *

I'll miss my doctor's ancient skill               

Cascara and sweet coated pill               

And antiquated tool               

With which he checks my anxious throbbing heart,

For soon it seems our ways must part

When he goes back to school

London, 1948

* A proposal was made by the Labour Government that doctors should be obliged to take refresher courses at regular intervals in order to keep abreast of current developments in medicine.

Digression:  Some doctors in my life.