The Archive · 1897

Depressed and Out of Sorts

I think I said to him: You have been overstimulating a bit, your eye looks mud-cly, and if you don't look out, you will have a bad attack of liver." I added, "You will have to keep quiet, and in order to do that, you will have to go home and remain there a few days." To make him more careful, I said, ' By the look of your eye, you will have an attack of jaundice." I did this to make him follow my instructions: I thought he was on the verge of jaundice, if he did not look out. I told jim to send some Vichy water up to the house, to attend to his diet, and drink nothing but Vichy water and milk. His jaundice symptoms were—his eye was muddy; he was depressed and out of sorts, and he said his old liver was bothering him "—that was an expression of his. He complained of a want of appetite. I said that he was " to goon a general slop-di—nilk,.dry toast, Vichy—an invalid's diet. It is not my practice to keep any chits asking for attendance; and I destroyed the chit og received from Mrs. Carew. I saw Mr. Carew the following day, Friday, the 16th. He was in much the same state, complaining of a little nausea. I found him-a-little drowsy, in. fact I should say, very drowsy. I thought this was due to

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