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Chapter 45

           ThetrashtalkedonsuchoccasionswasthemorevexatioustoLydgate,becauseitgavepreciselythesortofprestigewhichanincompetentandunscrupulousmanwoulddesire,andwassuretobeimputedtohimbythesimmeringdislikeoftheothermedicalmenasanencouragementonhisownpartofignorantpuffing.Butevenhisproudoutspokennesswascheckedbythediscernmentthatitwasasuselesstofightagainsttheinterpretationsofignoranceastowhipthefog;and"goodfortune"insistedonusingthoseinterpretations.

           Mrs.Larcherhavingjustbecomecharitablyconcernedaboutalarmingsymptomsinhercharwoman,whenDr.Minchincalled,askedhimtoseeherthenandthere,andtogiveheracertificatefortheInfirmary;whereuponafterexaminationhewroteastatementofthecaseasoneoftumor,andrecommendedthebearerNancyNashasanout-patient.Nancy,callingathomeonherwaytotheInfirmary,allowedthestaymakerandhiswife,inwhoseatticshelodged,toreadDr.Minchin’spaper,andbythismeansbecameasubjectofcompassionateconversationintheneighboringshopsofChurchyardLaneasbeingafflictedwithatumoratfirstdeclaredtobeaslargeandhardasaduck’segg,butlaterinthedaytobeaboutthesizeof"yourfist."Mosthearersagreedthatitwouldhavetobecutout,butonehadknownofoilandanotherof"squitchineal"asadequatetosoftenandreduceanylumpinthebodywhentakenenoughofintotheinsidetheoilbygradually"soopling,"thesquitchinealbyeatingaway.

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