That sawbones feller is right when he says the progress will be slow.

Slow! Slow ain't quite the word.

No more ain't progress the word--that's my opinion.

He just lies on that bed, and the most he can do is to skylark a bit with Nestorius.

He don't take no interest in nothin', least of all in his victuals--and a man's in a bad way when he takes no interest in his victuals.