with one hand tenderly patting the region of the “ lower
chest ” and would pitifully shake his head from side to
side, while with his other hand he would ceaselessly
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grip at some imaginary enemy in the air. The writhing
fingers, and the whole attitude, spoke more eloquently
than any school-boy to the family physician after the
gaieties of Christmas week. The remedy, very potent,
but the more appreciated for its potency, was monotonously
the same—calomel and colocynth are tenderly
remembered in these parts.
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