A little starvation can really do more for the average sick man than c…

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A little starvation can really do more for the average sick man than can the best medicines and the best doctors. ✨ Mark Twain (2010). Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, p.137, Univ of California Press
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A little starvation can really do more for the average sick man than can the best medicines and the best doctors. ✨ Mark Twain (2010). Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, p.137, Univ of California Press

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