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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party Part 2, Chapter 34

Part 2, Chapter 34

This chapter is all a letter from Dr. Trefusis to Dr. Matthias Fruhling—that guest from the Boston days who wrote a letter criticizing the College in Book I.
Dr. Trefusis tells Dr. Fruhling that an incident of great significance was left out of Mr. Gitney and Mr. Sharpe's article on smallpox and the African.
Apparently, the day before the men dissected Cassiopeia, Mr. Gitney sat next to Cassiopeia, held her hand, cried, and said, "'I love you. I loved you. I love you.'"
Dr. Trefusis thinks Mr. Gitney was wrong to leave this incident out of the article and that it merits attention.
Why?
Because a man in grief still shows physical signs that could be measured, like how much his muscles and ligaments contract or how salty his tears actually are.

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