Dalrymple cites
- unnecessary employment of impressive-sounding technical terms
- exaggeration of the gravity of diseases, to make recovery appear the more remarkable
- deliberate prolongation of waits in waiting rooms
- affectation of disordered or negligent dress, provided it does not appear to derive from poverty, to imply a great press of business and a mind on higher things
- general grumpiness that implies immense knowledge
- (especially among surgeons) false statistics of success
