[Fat and Blood by S. Weir Mitchell]@TWC D-Link bookFat and Blood CHAPTER VIII 58/59
Next day she was quieter, and from that time her progress was steady and uniform.
On the fourth day she passed urine spontaneously, and the catheter was never again used.
In six weeks she was out driving and walking; and within two months she went on a sea-voyage to the Cape, looking and feeling perfectly well.
When there, her nurse, who accompanied her, had a severe illness, through which her ex-patient nursed her most assiduously.
She has since remained, and is at this moment, in robust health, joining with pleasure in society, walking many miles daily, and without a trace of the illnesses which rendered her existence a burden to herself and her friends. "In conclusion, I may remark that it seems to me that the chief value of this systematic treatment, which is capable of producing such remarkable results, is that it appeals, not to one, but many influences of a curative character.
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