Eye Exam
As part of a complete physical, I was now performing the visual acuity test. I placed the patient twenty feet from the eye chart and began. “Cover your right eye with your hand, and tell me what you see.” He read the 20/20 line perfectly. “Now, your left.” Again, a flawless reading. “Now both,” I requested. There was silence. He couldn’t even read the large E on the top line. I turned and discovered that he had done exactly what…

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