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XVII
DOCTORS
A large number of foreign doctors were
practising in Paris in those days. There
was a great jalousie de métier amongst them, of
which I got my share and no wonder. Nor were
we much liked by our French colleagues for our
monopoly of the wealthy foreign colony, no
doubt a far more lucrative clientèle than their
own. Of late an agitation had even been started
in the press to protest against the steadily
increasing number of foreign doctors in Paris, often,
it was hinted, not even provided with regular
diplomas from well recognized universities. It
resulted in an order by the Préfet de Police that
all foreign doctors were to present their diplomas
for verification before the end of the month. I
with my diploma as M.D. of the faculty of Paris
was of course all right, I nearly forgot all about
it and turned up the very last day at the
Commissariat of my quartier. The Commissaire who
knew me slightly, asked me if I knew a Doctor
X. who lived in the same avenue as I did. I
answered that all I knew about him was that he
must have a very large practice, I had often heard
his name mentioned, and I had often admired his
elegant carriage waiting outside his house.
The Commissaire said I would not have to
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