A woman whose husband had a dangerous fall,
went to the Doctor and brought with her a phial
bottle full of water. - The Doctor took it, look'd
at it, and said "Well, vat's the matter?" - The
woman said her husband had a fall down stairs -
"I know dat, replied the Doctor - how dare you
"tell me, I know dat by de vater. - Ver well,
"he vell down, let me see (and then he eyed the
"bottle) he vell down - one - two - dree - four
"- vive - six - aye dat's it exactly - he vell down
"six steps and is in a very bad way." - "Sir,"
says the woman, "he fell down twelve steps, that
"is from the top to the bottom of the cellar stairs."
- "Dat's a ver great lie," says the Doctor,
"He vell down - aye, let me count them, vor dey
"are ritten in de vater - he vell down one - two -
"three - four - five six - No more than six
"steps."

"He fell down twelve as I hope to be saved,"
says the woman. - Then says the Doctor -
"Voman you have deceived me - you have not
"brought all the water" - "I have not, Sire" -
"Ho ho - you did not - ver well - dats de thing
"- you only brought the half - exactly the half -
"the other six steps are in the other half you left
"at home." - "I did not bring the tenth part"
says the woman - "there is at least nine times as
"much as I brought that I threw away" -
"Den you are ver bad woman - I vas only try-
"ing you - I knew how many steps he fell down
"by the vater - Get you gone, your husband vill
"die." - The husband however did not die, for
he was as well as ever in a few days - and thus
these Quacks impose upon the credulity of the
world.