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The Allen House

CHAPTER VIII
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Let her room be shaded and kept quiet.

She needs rest and sleep.

Sleep is one of nature's great restorers." "Will you make no prescription, Doctor ?" the mother asked.
I reflected on the symptoms exhibited, for a few moments, and then said, "Nothing beyond repose, now.

I trust that nature, as the pressure is removed, will work all right again." "You will call in again to-day." "Yes; towards evening I will see your daughter, when I hope to find her improved in every way." I spoke with a cheerfulness of manner that did not altogether express my feelings in the case; for, there were some indications, not yet clear enough for a diagnosis, that awakened slight concern.

As I did not wish to go wrong in my first prescription, I deemed it better to wait a few hours, and see how nature would succeed in her efforts to repel the enemy.


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