: The storyteller has to be treated in a hospital, the order of which he does not like. He is having difficulty recovering and henceforth prefers to be treated at home.

The narration is conducted on behalf of the sick Peter.

The narrator does not like to lie in hospitals. He tells how he once lay in a hospital with typhoid fever. There, he does not like everything.

The first thing that he did not like was a poster on which was an insignificant inscription about the time of issue of corpses. Despite the high temperature, he begins to criticize this inscription, to the apparent displeasure of the medical staff. The doctor tells him that he has little chance of recovery, and if he gets well, then let him criticize as much as he wants.

The next moment, which provokes Peter's indignation, is the washing point. The patient believes that it is more consonant to call him a "bathtub." He comes there and discovers a bathing old woman. Peter begins to be indignant, but then the old woman demands to take her out of the water. The bathroom is filled with hot water, and the patient is washed. After this procedure, he will be given larger underwear than required. However, he does not resent, noting that this is a normal occurrence for the hospital.

In the chamber where he was brought, there are about thirty people. The indignant Peter demands to call the head physician, but the paramedic arrives, and the patient loses consciousness.A nurse who regained consciousness, tells the nurse that he will be able to be discharged soon if he does not become infected by his roommates. Peter's body does not succumb to disease. Just before discharge, he picks up whooping cough, which the body defeats again, after which he is ill on a nervous basis - Peter's body is covered with acne, because he is not prescribed for all kinds of reasons.

At home, his wife tells him that due to an error in hospital accounting, she received news of his death. Since then, Peter prefers to be sick at home.