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English and American Literature
Dickens to M. De Cerjat, Page 3.
On this page of the letter, Dickens writes about the new Thames embankment and, in the last paragraph, about his health:
Your undersigned friend has had a few occasional reminders of his "true American Catarrh." My Doctor is of opinion that the disorder in question originates in vegetable poison; and has attacked it with strong and sudden doses of quinine in hot brandy and water. They have been remarkably effectual. Although I have exerted my voice very much, it has not yet been once touched. In America [continuing on page 4] I was obliged to patch it up constantly.