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PHILIPPA'S NERVOUS PROSTRATION
A STUDY IN NOBLENESS
Stanwood Sanitarium,
Mapleton, Pennsylvania,
FIRST WEEK
Monday
The door has just closed behind one of the most eminent physicians in the State, and I am no longer Philippa Armstrong, but a case of neurasthenia, an inmate of Room Number 17, which has a yellow placard over its entrance; a placard announcing that no callers are allowed within, save with the special permission of Dr. Levi Stanwood. At present the placard is the only thing I enjoy about the institution; that, at least, promises peace; at all events, such peace as can be found outside of one’s own soul.
I am counseled to have complete rest, cheerful surroundings, abstinence from news-
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