On a sunny morning I had been to my friend’s home to meet him. He is a graduate engineer. In his house I saw him sneezing, holding a hand kerchief in his hands and all the time rubbing his nose with it. I saw his eyes were red and swollen. He should have been suffering from common cold I guessed. I asked him whether he had taken any mild medicine for the cold. He said that he had been to a doctor and the doctor had prescribed four tablets and one tonic. I asked him whether the cold is very severe and is there for a more than three days. He said that the trouble started only the previous day and he promptly consulted a senior doctor after waiting in the queue for more than two hours. He also added that the doctor he consulted is an MD and cure is guaranteed for those who go to him. I was so eager to see the medicines prescribed because normally I take an analgesic and antipyretic like Paracetamol and may not require anything more to cure the common cold. I have also heard
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