The Press: Old Doc Gubbins

Nat Gubbins is a deceptively shy, pink-faced man who has a definitely tough sense of humor; he is Britain's most popular Sunday columnist. Every week he defends his title in Lord Beaverbrook's Sunday Express. Last week Columnist Gubbins paid his respects to the doctors who write medical advice for newspapers:

"Among the many doctor columnists now writing for the newspapers, who is the public's favorite?

"Why, the old original Dr. Gubbins. ace quack of Fleet Street. Here are two of his replies to readers with just enough strength to hold a pen.

' 'I wake in the morning with pains in the back. I...

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