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THE Absolute gentleman
what this isn’t telling you is that she was a rather buxom young woman, and she would have been naked from the waist up, but also she was ill and so would have been breathing heavily and glimmering attractively with sweat, so honestly he was just saving himself from an awkward boner tbh
source: i own an 1821 edition of his book and he describes it in the most hilariously french manner
I mean, I’m quite glad as both a woman and a doctor that he did.
Technically a full respiratory or cardiac examination still requires someone to be exposed from the waist up, and I’m rather glad that I don’t have to be placing my ears against the sweaty chests of strangers, attractive or not.
@authorperson we need a transcript.
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