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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s
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And so on down the intervening years. Suggestions and advice from well meaning friends. But at this time being new in our village and quite inexperienced, we knew nothing about the relative merits of the various physicians. A friend recommended her doctor, a physician and surgeon - I am afraid - ill-advisedly - for her judgement proved to be fallible. This man was a burly, gruff, rough and ready sort of an individual who had been affiliated with the army during the World War. I went to his office thoroughly distraught and miserable with my lumpy swellings and an itch that was driving me mad. After having had the problem stated to him and having the hive situation explained, he nonchalantly wrote out a prescription with this remark, "Well we could find out what is
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And so on down the intervening years. Suggestions and advice from well meaning friends. But at this time being new in our village and quite inexperienced, we knew nothing about the relative merits of the various physicians. A friend recommended her doctor, a physician and surgeon - I am afraid - ill-advisedly - for her judgement proved to be fallible. This man was a burly, gruff, rough and ready sort of an individual who had been affiliated with the army during the World War. I went to his office thoroughly distraught and miserable with my lumpy swellings and an itch that was driving me mad. After having had the problem stated to him and having the hive situation explained, he nonchalantly wrote out a prescription with this remark, "Well we could find out what is
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