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Chapter 6

           Iwasgoingontotellhimofanothersortofpeople,whogettheirlivelihoodbyattendingthesick,having,uponsomeoccasions,informedhishonourthatmanyofmycrewhaddiedofdiseases.ButhereitwaswiththeutmostdifficultythatIbroughthimtoapprehendwhatImeant."Hecouldeasilyconceive,thataHouyhnhnm,grewweakandheavyafewdaysbeforehisdeath,orbysomeaccidentmighthurtalimb;butthatnature,whoworksallthingstoperfection,shouldsufferanypainstobreedinourbodies,hethoughtimpossible,anddesiredtoknowthereasonofsounaccountableanevil."

           Itoldhim"wefedonathousandthingswhichoperatedcontrarytoeachother;thatweatewhenwewerenothungry,anddrankwithouttheprovocationofthirst;thatwesatwholenightsdrinkingstrongliquors,withouteatingabit,whichdisposedustosloth,inflamedourbodies,andprecipitatedorpreventeddigestion;thatprostitutefemaleYahoosacquiredacertainmalady,whichbredrottennessinthebonesofthosewhofellintotheirembraces;thatthis,andmanyotherdiseases,werepropagatedfromfathertoson;sothatgreatnumberscameintotheworldwithcomplicatedmaladiesuponthem;thatitwouldbeendlesstogivehimacatalogueofalldiseasesincidenttohumanbodies,fortheywouldnotbefewerthanfiveorsixhundred,spreadovereverylimbandjointinshort,everypart,externalandintestine,havingdiseasesappropriatedtoitself.Toremedywhich,therewasasortofpeoplebredupamongusintheprofession,orpretence,ofcuringthesick.

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