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Is it not I, who, in the character of your physician, have saved you from the palsy, dropsy, and apoplexy? one or other of which would have done for you long ago, but for me.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “Is it not I, who, in the character of your physician, have saved you from the palsy, dropsy, and apoplexy? one or other…”
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Franklin humorously claims credit for saving someone from serious health issues as their physician.
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