A doctor asking his patients husband how she is, he replies (amidst a devasted room) that he's not sure but she certainly has a temper. Wood engraving by H ..., 1904.

Dialogue includes: Village doctor. "Well, Scroggins, I hope your wife is much better to-day, eh? How is her pulse, eh? And how's her temperature?" Scroggins (considering). "Well, doctor, I don't know much about her pulses, but as for her temper" - (feelingly) - "She's got plenty of that to-day!"