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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: she had most confidence had not been employed; when she was informed of the manner in which the boy had been treated by those who had attended him, she declared that he had been murdered; and advised Sir Robert to prosecute both the physician and apothecary, cost what it might. / Sir Robert observed in answer to this, ' That he did not value the expense, but that it would be difficult to prove the fact.' She answered, ' That nothing would be more easy, because the apothecary acknowledged that he had blooded the boy three times, by the physician's direction, in the space of two days; and moreover had applied a blister to the very side where the poor child's pain was;?and that she would bring witnesses to swear, that a large discharge had been produced by the blister, and that they had heard the apothecary encouraging him to drink plentifully of barley-water, and other weakening liquors; which treatment she averred was e- nough to kill, not only a weakly stripling like her grandson, but Samaon himself, even when his hair was at the longest.' Sir Robert replied, ' That he would not pretend circumstantially to refute her reasoning, because she had more skill in physic than he; but still he could not suspect that the doctor or apothecary could have any intention to kill his son, because it was plainly their interest that he should recover.' ' Interest, or not interest, ' cried this violent old woman, ' it is certain that they drew out all the poor child's blood, and then poured in nothing but watery liquors in its place; and lastly, to prevent the dear infant from dying with tolerable ease, they had the cruelty to apply a monstrous blister to his side.?If you do not call this murder, I would be glad to know what you are pleased to call it ?' ' In answer to this, ' Sir Rob...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217402071 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217402070 |
| Weight | 1.36 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.94 In |
| List Price | $19.64 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 422 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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