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EPIGRAM.
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The late Dr. Lettsom used to sign his prescriptions, “I. Lettsom,” a circumstance which coupled with some peculiarities in his conversation, gave rise to the following Epigram:—
I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em;
If after that they choose to die,
Whats that to me!—I Letts 'em.
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