A doctor taking over a local practice visited a 74-year-old woman who had been bedridden for 40 ye¬ars. He could find nothing wrong with her. He discovered that one of his predecessors had ordered the woman to bed because she had influenza and had told her not to get up again until he returned. He forgot to return. Within a few days, the 74-year-old single woman had recovered but ……… Several weeks elapsed and he still did not call. By then the patient had discovered that she enjoyed being waited on hand and foot-and she refused to budge.