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On Aufidius

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AHUM’ROUS fellow in a tavern late,
Being drunk and valiant, gets a broken pate -,
The surgeon with instruments and skill…

The General Practitioner

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HE must not walk his rounds for fear his patients think him poor,
And dearly do they love to see a carriage at their door;
And if his horse is fat, “He must have little work to do…

A Cure for the Gout

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ONCE flourished a famed Dr. Bluff.
A diamond ’twas said in the rough,
He spake nothing save what he meant
And cared little whither it went.

A Doctor’s Motto

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A DOCTOR, who, for want of skill.
Did sometimes cure — and sometimes kill;
Contrived at length, by many a puff…

The New Doctor

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AH, Doctor, your hand! So! And now, as I hold
This palm that I value so truly,
Here ‘s a bill for your bill, though I warrant the gold
Cannot pay all my debt to you duly…

Flatus

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It comes and goes
The wind it blows…