Strolling through the streets one day, Fred meets a trained nurse. She doesn’t encourage flirting outside the hospital, but once inside, she condescends to give him a smile. Instantly Fred starts to scheme how to see her again. An idea strikes him. He will take poison. His intentions are good, but the drug clerk is suspicious, and substitutes milk for carbolic acid, of which Fred drinks. He falls in the street, but finding he only drank milk, he has to scheme some more. He goes to his club and there meets his pals, who swear secrecy. They go to the street and bribe a chauffeur to run over him. They drive to a quiet country road and get everything in readiness. Fred gathers all his courage and stands in the road. The machine comes up, but Fred’s heart fails him. He promises if they will try once more he will keep his word. Once again he jump’s away only to let the machine go past. He is given one more chance. This time he waits until the machine passes, then falls in the road. His companions load him into the machine and take him to the hospital. Arriving at the hospital he is taken to a ward, where he meets his nurse. Everything is lovely until the club boys call on him and see the nice nurse. At once an epidemic hits the dub. The members one by one take sick. Fred gets worse in order to have more attention. His nurse holds a hot water bottle to his head, and leaves to attend the other patients. As soon as she is gone, Fred lights a cigarette and removes the bottle. Everything is fine until the nurse comes back. His first idea is to get rid of the cigarette. The only hiding place is under the covers. There it goes. It sets fire to the bed clothing, whereupon Fred takes flight down the hall only to be captured by the doctors and his nurse, who “squares” it by saying he is out of his mind. The other boys arrive and are given wards. That night, when all is quiet, the boys start on a tour of the hospital. They find the nurses in the sun room dancing. The boys join them. The grouchy old doctor, when making his rounds, hears what is going on and decides to fix the matter up. He discharges all the nice nurses, and puts the scrub women in their places. Next morning when the boys wake up, they find the scrub women holding their hands: “take their pulse.” They all feel better instantly. There is an exodus of club members from the hospital. And what of Fred and the prettiest nurse? Well, they figured in the funny finish, never fear.