4/21 He loses flesh, his appetite is variable and, on the whole, impaired. I keep him on the strictest regimen, I exhibit the most powerful tonics; both in vain.' 'Don't you think you drug him too much ?' asked madame, with an irrepressible shudder. The Doctor blamed the weather, which was cold and boisterous. He called in his _confrere_ from Bourron, took a fancy for him, magnified his capacity, and was pretty soon under treatment himself--it scarcely appeared for what complaint. He and Jean-Marie had each medicine to take at different periods of the day. |