(549) Rakugo Jokes #7-10

#7 Dogsick1)
I: Mrs. Suzuki. Would you recommend a good doctor for me?
Mrs. Suzuki: Oh, yes I would be happy to. But I thought you were happy with your doctor. Dr. Matsumoto was wonderful, wasn't he? You always said so.
I: So, ah, yes. Dr. Matsumoto was wonderful with us, his patients. But apparently his relationship with his nurses and other people at the office became bad, so strained2), so difficult for him, that the doctor himself became ill, and he had to leave his own practice.
Mrs. Suzuki: Really the doctor himself became ill. Was the working environment that bad?
I: Apparently, doc sick.

1) dogsic: (colloquial) very unwell; sick as a dog
2) strained: 緊張した、不自然な

#8 Bedside manner
I: Mrs. Suzuki, couldn't you recommend to me a good doctor?
Mrs. Suzuki: Of course, I can. But what happened to your doctor, Dr. Matsumoto?
I: Ah-, Dr. Matsumoto, his business went downhill3). And he bankrupt. 
Mrs. Suzuki: He went bankrupt. What happened?
I: Yeah It was his bedside manner4).
Mrs. Suzuki: His bedside manner. Was he a little bit abrupt5)?
I: Yes, he kept losing his temper and lost his patience.
3) downhill: 落ちぶれて、衰えて
4) bedside manner: 医者が患者に対する態度
5) abrupt: [人に対して]無骨な、ぶっきらぼうな

#9 Eye doctor's new pupil
I: Mrs. Suzuki. Did you hear the news our ophthalmologist6) Dr. Matsumoto has a new assistant?
Mrs. Suzuki: Ah, yes. Our eye doctor Dr. Matsumoto apparently does have a new assistant. A new assistant, not really an assistant, more of7) a pupil.
I: A pupil. But I hope he teaches him very strictly.
Mrs. Suzuki: Ah, yes. Apparently, the doctor is very, very strict.
If he talks too much, the doctor tells him to put a lid on8) it.
If he makes a mistake the doctor gives him lashes9).
I: Ha, ha, ha. Mrs. Suzuki, I do appreciate your eye brow humor.
6) ophthalmologist: 眼科医、eye doctor
7) more of: (･･･より)むしろ
8) put a lid on: ･･･を抑制する。lid(まぶた） 
9) lashes: むちで打つこと、まつげ

What is eyebrow humour?

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/9j2o3b/what_is_eyebrow_humour/
"Eyebrow humor is  humor in which isn't quite funny enough to emit a laugh, but instead a 'lift of an eyebrow'".

#10 Waxy nation (Vaccination)
I: Mrs. Suzuki. Did you know that the Edo period in Japan in our country, they used to think that melting candles on different parts of the body would be preventative of10) certain ailments11) and diseases and illnesses.
Mrs. Suzuki: Oh really. They did that kind of thing in Japan.
I: Uhm. It was a kind of waxy nation.
10) be preventative(preventive) of: ～を予防する（英辞郎on the WEB）
11) ailment: (通常軽い、または慢性の)病気、不快

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