For, unfortunately, the man with a sore chest has a brain and a spinal cord to be stimulated and fed, not to speak of those little heartstrings undiscovered by the anatomist, and which yet tug and pull mightily in a far country.
"In short, it would seem that any consumptive in an early stage of his disease who does not thrive at a moderate altitude would do well to come here and to stay--that is, if he will remember that all the climate is out-of-doors." My own troublesome throat is almost as good as new, and I am proud to name my physician, _Outdoors, M.D._ Come and consult the same unfailing restorer.
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