Bidhan Jokes

A VERY popular Bengali anecdote for the readers. It is known as Dr Bidhan Roy's prescription. It is not known, however, if the famous man had really prescribed it or not. It is

as follows:
When you are ill, you must always go to the doctor because he has to earn a living. The doctor will prescribe medicines and you must buy them, because the druggist has got to live too. But you must never take those medicines because you also have to live!