HYPOCHONDRIA

This woman from ancient Alexandria

Was rumored to have Hypochondria;

To doctors who denied she was ill,

She bore a lot of ill will- even threatened to kill.

So the doctors held a conference

And decided to treat her, in deference;

Agreeing all together in unanimity,

That otherwise it would affect their equanimity.

 So they gave her many a pill

To her heart’s fill;

And kept her reassured

That she would soon be cured.

Thus the woman walked off satisfied

That her doubts had been ratified;

And that the docs accepted in meekness,

That she indeed suffered from unwellness.

But the docs, they kept crossed their fingers,

Knowing well the mania still lingers;

And that they could relax only till

She had swallowed her last pill.

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