Abstract
To the Editor:— In my opinion, the outstanding fault with the medical profession today is that it views the world and all its (medical) problems too seriously.The Journalhas misplaced our sense of humor. Paramount, as proof of this, is the decline in the number of humorous cartoons and Tonics and Sedatives and in the quality of the few jokes that are currently published inThe Journal. Let us, for the sake of medicine and the patient, restore humor interlude to medical journals. Let us instill again the idea that all plans for legislating medicine are a joke, and all we have to do is laugh and say All right, you guys, do it without us! Let us return to a laughing state wherein we find humor in life and medicine. For heaven's sake, keep our sense of humor whetted by putting more humor (and not some of the
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