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"The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout."
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"Surgeons are a singular brotherhood, Adam. To us, people aren't sacred beings crafted in the Almighty's image, no, people are joints of meat; diseased, leathery meat, yes, but meat ready for the skewer & the spit." He mimicked my usual voice, very well. "'But why *me*, Henry, are we not friends?' Well, Adam, even friends are made out of meat."
"The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout."
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