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[1902]

Maison [Negeib?] Eid

Tewfikieh

31st May

My dearest John

This is to let
you know that your auld and tried
freend has been passing
through the furnace and through
the deep waters. In other words
I have been laid up for a
fortnight, with a villainous attack
of liver and indigestion, and on
an invigorating diet of - one glass
of milk every three hours varied
with doses of calomel pills.
The doctor was kind enough to
say that my inside was fair
whammled up, and that I
must have had indigestion
for ten years without knowing
it, from the evidence of my tongue.
Fancy going through life nursing