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To: Rambi who wrote (376)	8/26/2001 5:11:58 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 466

That's very interesting. Where on Earth did it come from? Did you ever see the Road to Wellville? The book is also very good. This whole discussion reminds me of that. I bet servants like Jennie didn't get hysteria. Their husbands couldn't afford them to. Keeping an hysteric around isn't cheap.

To: Rambi who wrote (376)	8/26/2001 5:34:21 PM
From: Poet	Respond to of 466

You know, Rambi, that cure doesn't sound half bad: a little soaking in warm water, a glass of port, a variety of amusements.... sounds like a Calgon commercial. I'm interested in the ingredient "assafoetida". It sounds like "acidophilus". Funny. Thanks to the caring soul who posted such a wonderful "cure".

To: Rambi who wrote (376)	8/26/2001 5:49:20 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 466

...accompanied with a sensation of something like a ball ascending into the throat, which puts her under great apprehensions of being suffocated. I should think. And they call it hypochondria.