"Lie back here on the bench," he said. It was better not to move the man until he had properly inspected him. His heart rate was up and the man seemed to have a fever, but otherwise, that at least seemed fine. He rose and locked the door to outside, so no patients would come into the waiting room. Then he went into the office and returned with a pillow. "Here, put this under your foot for now. You must be terribly dehydrated. I'll get you some water."