An Obliging Offer
Anon
Genre: | Dialogue, Drollery |
Subjects: | Pharmaceuticals, Quackery, Chemistry, Commerce |
An 'Old Lady' asks a chemist for reassurance that the substance he has given her is 'Carbonate of Soda' and not arsenic. The 'Shopman' is certain and invites her to 'try it'. |
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