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- Reminiscences - M.D.
"Morbus Sabbaticus"
Defination [sic] of term: A Sunday sickness
peculiar among church members.
There are no symptoms are ever felt
on Saturday night. The patient sleeps
well, wakes feeling fine, eats an
hearty breakfast, but about chuch [sic]
time comes on and lasts until
after the services. Then the patient
feels easier, goes for a walk in the
nearby park or perhaps on a picnic.
This disease is very common in the
summer and is very contagious during
the warmest months, but no physician
is needed as it never lasts over twenty for [sic] hours
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