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Chapter 45

           BorthropTrumbull,Lydgatewasconsciousofhavingshownhimselfsomethingbetterthananevery-daydoctor,thoughheretooitwasanequivocaladvantagethathewon.Theeloquentauctioneerwasseizedwithpneumonia,andhavingbeenapatientofMr.Peacock’s,sentforLydgate,whomhehadexpressedhisintentiontopatronize.MrTrumbullwasarobustman,agoodsubjectfortryingtheexpectanttheoryuponwatchingthecourseofaninterestingdiseasewhenleftasmuchaspossibletoitself,sothatthestagesmightbenotedforfutureguidance;andfromtheairwithwhichhedescribedhissensationsLydgatesurmisedthathewouldliketobetakenintohismedicalman’sconfidence,andberepresentedasapartnerinhisowncure.Theauctioneerheard,withoutmuchsurprise,thathiswasaconstitutionwhich(alwayswithduewatching)mightbelefttoitself,soastoofferabeautifulexampleofadiseasewithallitsphasesseenincleardelineation,andthatheprobablyhadtherarestrengthofmindvoluntarilytobecomethetestofarationalprocedure,andthusmakethedisorderofhispulmonaryfunctionsageneralbenefittosociety.

           Mr.Trumbullacquiescedatonce,andenteredstronglyintotheviewthatanillnessofhiswasnoordinaryoccasionformedicalscience.

           "Neverfear,sir;youarenotspeakingtoonewhoisaltogetherignorantofthevismedicatrix,"saidhe,withhisusualsuperiorityofexpression,maderatherpatheticbydifficultyofbreathing.

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