B550 <=> B552 (BTG XXXI Last sojourn to Earth, p. 551)

“’And faith in a person concerning any remedy arises only when the given remedy is known and when many people say that it is very good for a certain illness.

“’It is just the same with this powder of ours; once it is called Dover’s powder, that is enough, because everybody already knows it and many people often say of it that it is excellent for coughs.

“’And besides, speaking candidly, our new composition of Dover’s powder is much better than the real one made from the prescription of Dover himself, if only because it contains no substance injurious to the organism.

“’For instance, according to the prescription of Doctor Dover himself opium must enter into the composition of his powder.

“’And you know the properties of opium? If a man takes it often enough even in small doses, his organism soon gets so accustomed to it that later, if he ceases dosing himself, he suffers intensely.

“’But from the powder made from our prescription this would never happen, since it contains none of that opium or any other substance harmful to the organism.

“’In short, my esteemed Doctor, every one ought, when walking in the streets, to shout from the bottom of his heart: “Long live the new prescription for Dover’s powder!”’

“He was going to say something more, but just then a boy brought him from the pharmacy itself a whole stock of various prescriptions, upon seeing which he rose and said to me:

“’Excuse me, Doctor, I am compelled to stop our friendly chat and to get busy on the preparation of these innumerable orders.

“’By bad luck both of my assistants are absent today, one of them because his esteemed other half must bring into “God’s world” today one more mouth to feed, and the other has to attend the courts because a chauffeur is being accused of kidnapping his daughter.’