Confessions of a water-patient : in a letter to W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq.

  • Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Date:
1845
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Credit: Confessions of a water-patient : in a letter to W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    For the mind, we admit, that to render it strong and clear, hal)it and discipline are required ;—how deal we (es])ecially we, Mr. Editor, of the Lon- don world—^we of the literary craft— we of the restless, striving brotherhood) —how deal we with the body ? We cam' it on with us, as a post-horse, from stage to stage—does it Hag ? no rest! give it ale or the spur. We begin to feel the frame break under us; — we administer a drug, gain a temporary relief, shift the disorder from one part to another—forget our ail- ments in our excitements, and when we pause at last, thoroughly shattered, with complaints grown chronic, diseases
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