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“This is an age of enervation in medicine, sure
enough!” said Mrs. Partington, as she glanced at the
column of new and remarkable specifics; “why will
people run after metaphysics and them nostrums, when,
by taking some simple purgatory, they can get well so
soon? It 's all nonsense, it is, and if people, instead
of dosing themselves with calumny and bitters, would
only take exercise and air a little more, and wash themselves
with care and a crash towel, they would be all the
better for it.”

She said this on her own experience. As for “diet
drink,” and summer beverages, Mrs. P. is very noted.