You do not want patients, Dr.
Jones does.

And, after all, better perhaps as it is.
Yours, etc.
M.Poyntz.
To my more selfish grief, anxiety for Lilian was now added.

I had seen many more patients die from being mistreated for consumption than from consumption itself.

And Dr.Jones was a mercenary, cunning, needy man, with much crafty knowledge of human foibles, but very little skill in the treatment of human maladies.

My fears were soon confirmed.