What else have you done ?" "What Dr.Hodges, I am sure, will approve," replied Blaize, confidently.
"I have rubbed myself with vinegar, oil of sulphur, extract of tar, and spirit of turpentine." "What next ?" demanded Hodges.
"I placed saltpetre, brimstone, amber, and juniper upon a chafing-dish to fumigate my room," replied Blaize; "but the vapour was so overpowering, I could not bear it." "I should be surprised if you could," replied the doctor.

"Indeed, it is astonishing to me, if you have taken half the remedies Leonard says you have, and which, taken in this way, are no remedies at all, since they counteract each other--that you are still alive.

But let us see what is the matter with you.

What ails you particularly ?" "Nothing," replied Blaize, trembling; "I am quite well." "He complains of a fixed pain near de haard, docdor," interposed his mother, "and says he has a large dumour on his side.

But he wond let me examine id." "That's a bad sign," observed Hodges, shaking his head.