CH 6: THE MAN WHO WAS A HOSPITAL Short Questions with Answers

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Q1: How did Jerome K. Jerome come to suspect that his liver was out of order? What were the diseases he thought he was suffering from on reading a book on the treatment of diseases?


ANS: Jerome come to suspect that by reading  the symptoms of the disorder of liver. Then he read a book on treatment of diseases. He found that he was suffering from typhoid fever, St. Vitus’ Dance, Bright’s disease, cholera, diphtheria, gout and zymosis except housemaid’s knee.


Q 2: Why should the writer be an acquistion to the medical class?

ANS: The writer thought that he should be an acquisition to the medical class because he was a hospital in himself. He had all the known diseases.

Q3: What was the prescription given to him by the doctor?



The prescription was, “1 lb. beefsteak every six hours, ten-mile walk every morning, bed at 11 sharp every night. And don’t stuff your head with things you don’t understand”.

Q4: Describe the writer’s visit to the chemist?

ANS: He went to the chemist who read the prescription and said that he did not run a cooperative store and family store combined. So, he refused to help the writer.
Q5: What is the significance of the doctor’s advice: “Don’t stuff your head with the things you don’t understand” ?

ANS: It is an important advice. It means that we should not bother ourselves with things we do not understand.

Q6: Why did the writer go to the British Museum? OR About which disease did the writer want to know when he went to the British Museum? OR Which disease did the writer doubt to suffer from when he went to the British museum?


ANS: The writer went to the British Museum to read up the treatment of hay fever. He doubted that he was a little bit suffering from the disease.  

Q7: What is typhoid?

ANS: It is an acute anfectious fever caused by contaminated food or water.

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Q8: What was the first reaction of the writer when he thought that he was suffering from all diseases?


The writer found himself to be in listless horror. He sat frozen with horror for sometime. The more he read, the more shocked he was. 

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