I had the toughest time of my life. First, I got angina pectoris and then
arteriosclerosis. Just as I was recovering from these, I got tuberculosis,
double pneumonia and phthisis. Then they gave me hypodermics. Appendicitis
was followed by tonsillectomy. These gave way to aphasia and hypertrophic
cirrhosis. I completely lost my memory for a while. I know I had diabetes
and acute ingestion, besides gastritis, rheumatism, lumbago and neuritis.
I don't know how I pulled through it. It was the hardest spelling test I've
ever had.