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And as he ran to seek his mother 17
He met with a dead woman.
He fell in love & married her—
A deed which is not common!
6
She soon grew pregnant, & brought forth 21
Scurvy & spott'd fever.
The father grinn'd & skipt about,
And said 'I'm made for ever!
7
'For now I have procured these imps 25
I'll try experiments.'
With that he tied poor scurvy down,
& stopt up all its vents.
8
And when the child began to swell 29
He shouted out aloud—
I've found the dropsy out, & soon
Shall do the world more good.'
9
He took up fever by the neck, 33
And cut out all its spots;
And, thro' the holes which he had made,
He first discover'd guts.
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