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Poor Max is having a heavy time just now.

I haven't been able to sleep for a week
with savage pains at the foot of my stomach. Dr
Blaikie thought it was only flatulence & I
have been living on castor oil. But
last night I had 8 hours of real agony,
& Blaikie got Hutchison, the specialist on the
colon, to see me. He says that there is
nothing serious, but the result of my operation is