You tell him that in the morning, when the ward doctor makes his rounds, he should say, "Doctor, may I speak to you for a moment?" And when the doctor stops, he should say to him, "Please, sir, can I get work on an outside detail?" You explain to the boy that this will, in all probability, get him a job on an outside detail: trimming hedges, cutting grass, or something along that order, where he won't be required to do any great amount of arduous labor, but where he will be expected to respect the discipline of the attendant in charge of the detail.