9;s he smells 't,
baith their disease, and what will mend it,
at once he tells 't.
“and then, a' doctor's saws an' whittles,
of a' dimensions, shapes, an' mettles,
a' kind o' boxes, mugs, an' bottles,
he's sure to hae;
their tin names as fast he rattles
as a b c.
“calces o' fossils, earths, and trees;
true sal-marinum o' the seas;
the farina of beans an' pease,
he has't iy;
aqua-fontis, what you please,
he tent ye.
“forbye some new, unon ons,
urinus spiritus of s;
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