She now inquired if I had heard how the physic worked the cure.

Having been already informed that the fits proceeded from a certain disordered condition of the brain, she was anxious to know whether the medical treatment was likely to affect the patient's head.

This question (which I was of course unable to answer) she put to both the doctors.
Already warned by Oscar, they quieted her by declaring that the process of cure acted by general means, and did not attack the head.

From that moment, her curiosity was satisfied.

Her mind had other objects of interest to dwell on, before she left Dimchurch.