Medical Jokes

Unusual Prescription

John was a clerk in a small drugstore but he was not much of
a salesman. He could never find the item the customer
wanted.

Bob, the owner, had had about enough and warned John that
the next sale he missed would be his last.

Just then a man came in coughing and he ask John for their
best cough syrup. Try as he might John could not find the
cough syrup. Remembering Bob's warning he sold the man a box
of laxatives and told him to take it all at once. The
customer did as John said and then walked outside and leaned
against a lamp post.

Bob had seen the whole thing and came over to ask John what
had transpired.

"He wanted something for his cough but I couldn't find the
cough syrup. I substituted laxatives and told him to take it
all at once," John explained.

"Laxatives won't cure a cough!" Bob shouted angrily.

"Sure it will," John said, pointing at the man leaning on
the lamp post. "Look at him. He's afraid to cough."