Editorial note — Chapter VI · QUACKERY AND MIND CURES
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[Footnote 6: "See pointed metals, blest with power t' appease The ruthless rage of merciless disease, O'er the frail part a subtle fluid pour, Drenched with the invisible galvanic shower, Till the arthritic staff and crutch forego And leap exulting like the bounding roe!"]