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Credit: The cheap doctor : a word about fresh air. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![don't feel quite comfortable about him. He doesn't seem to get strong again, as he ought to do, though I keep him quite warm in bed, and he gets beautiful broth and puddings, which the squire's lady sends him off her own table. Mrs. C. You are a good, careful mother, and I know how hard you work to feed all those little ones, and to keep them so tidy. It grieves me sometimes to see you so poorly clad, because I know all your little savings go to buy doctor's stuff, instead of a Sunday gown, or a bit of flannel for yourself. Mrs. B. Well, ma'am, that is true enough. I don't know how it is, but one or other of the children always seems poorly, and sickness does throw one back so. Mrs. C. I have been thinking so, too, Mrs. Brown, and I want to have a chat with you; for I i believe, if you would follow my advice, I could help you to mend matters a little. I don't see why your : children should not be as strong and healthy as mine, i or some others I could name. i Mrs. B. I'm sure I take all the care of them I can; and no one can say I neglect them, poor dears. Mrs. C. No, that you don't! I am sure you try i to do your very best; but you must not be hurt, Mrs. ] Brown, if I tell you the truth, which is, that you and • i the children are half-poisoned every night of your o lives, and Mrs. B. Oh, ma'am, you quite frighten me! e Whatever can have made you think that ? t Mrs. C. Well, I will tell you. You remember j that day when you took me up first to see poor Jim— t I am a plain body, and don't care a straw what kind t] of room I sleep in, if it is only clean—but, upon my Jt;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21460243_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
