This story/article is by a small town physician called to the scene of a death. The woman said that her husband shot himself in the head. The doctor reflects on the history of the violent physical abuse this woman has suffered for some 10 years. He had set many a fractured bone & had hospitalized her but each time, she went back to her spouse. There is some question in the doctor’s mind whether this is a homicide or a suicide. The measures he takes reflect the feeling that he is playing God.