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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s

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by emotional stimuli as might have been supposed but may rather be prompted by functional disorder resulting from gastric-neurasthemia. This conclusion follows logically the fact that the acid content in some of the Mecholyl test tubes was zero. This functional disorder may also account for other irregularities - at least they may spring from a common cause - as for instance heat acceleration; an erratic temperature.
I don't know for sure but I rather imagine my dismissal had been scheduled for the last of the year prior to the changing of the hospital service. Plans however, did not materialize because of the Mecholyl reaction. Soemthing happened to me in that test and I didn't do so well as I had been doing before. In fact I had clearly been thrown for a loss.
On Sunday then, the first of January, the hospital service changed and Dr Rivers brought Dr Small who was taking over in medical, and the new staff around to meet the old patients and outline briefly their histories. I was lying down that morning strangled flat and quiet for me with a bit of cold coming in.
"I can't leave today," I announced almost upon the entrance of the staff of physicians, but later when they were ready to go on to the next patient, I demanded to leave. "When do I get to go home, Dr Rivers?"
"When Tuesday came I was sent down to the Clinic but Dr Rivers was at home ill. Having gave to all

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by emotional stimuli as might have been supposed but may rather be prompted by functional disorder resulting from gastric-neurasthemia. This conclusion follows logically the fact that the acid content in some of the Mecholyl test tubes was zero. This functional disorder may also account for other irregularities - at least they may spring from a common cause - as for instance heat acceleration; an erratic temperature. I don't know for sure but I rather imagine my dismissal had been scheduled for the last of the year prior to the changing of the hospital service. Plans however, did not materialize because of the Mecholyl reaction. Soemthing happened to me in that test and I didn't do so well as I had been doing before. In fact I had clearly been thrown for a loss. On Sunday then, the first of January, the hospital service changed and Dr Rivers brought Dr Small who was taking over in medical, and the new staff around to meet the old patients and outline briefly their histories. I was lying down that morning strangled flat and quiet for me with a bit of cold coming in. "I can't leave today," I announced almost upon the entrance of the staff of physicians, but later when they were ready to go on to the next patient, I demanded to leave. "When do I get to go home, Dr Rivers?" "When Tuesday came I was sent down to the Clinic but Dr Rivers was at home ill. Having gave to all