In “The Man Who Was a Hospital” by Jerome K. Jerome, the narrator discovers that his liver is supposedly out of order after reading a patent medicine advertisement. He reflects on how reading about various ailments often leads him to believe he is suffering from the described diseases.
This tendency is exemplified when, in a moment of idle curiosity at the British Museum, he reads about diseases and convinces himself that he is afflicted with numerous serious conditions, including typhoid fever, St. Vitus’s Dance, Bright’s disease, cholera, and diphtheria.
The humorous narrative highlights the hypochondriacal nature of the narrator, who humorously concludes that the only malady he does not have is housemaid’s knee.
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