Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 287.

On a Worm Doctor

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

[Wadd 1827a]

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Death, Putrefaction


    ' ——, of worm-destroying note, / With little folks who breed 'em, / Has all his life been poisoning worms, / And now's consign'd to feed 'em. / Thus, 'twixt our doctor and his foes, / Accounts are pretty 'trim; / For many years he lived by those, / And now these live on him.'



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