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ON A PHYSICIAN by NICARCHUS

First Line: TEN OF ALEXIS' PATIENTS ONCE WERE ILL
Last Line: ONE NIGHT, ONE GRAVE, ONE HADES FOR THE TEN!
Subject(s): PHYSICIANS; DOCTORS;

Ten of Alexis' patients once were ill:
To three a draught, to two he gave a pill,
And five he blistered. Well, what followed then?
One night, one grave, one Hades for the ten!



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