Jones is a very large healthy man, but he reads a medical almanac and imagines he has every ailment in the book. He goes to bed sick, and great excitement prevails in the family. Everybody phones for a doctor. The physicians arrive and all prescribe different medicines and treatment. Veterinaries, osteopaths, corn doctors all respond to the call. They have bitter arguments and throw out each other's medicines. The neighbors send in wine and delicacies which load the dining-room table. The doctors work on Jones until he is exhausted and thinking he is dying he sends for all of his relatives. A swarm of queer looking relatives arrive and make it a jubilee occasion. They consume the delicacies sent in by the neighbors and carry away the furniture and wreck the place. Jones hears the riot and recovers his strength. He gets out of bed and throws the mob out of the house. An ambulance arrives. Jones throws the trained nurse and the medicines in the stretcher and tears up the almanac.
—Moving Picture World synopsis