I am a spirit of the air, and I am appointed to watch over the emetics of men. I caus

I am a spirit of the air, and I am appointed to watch over the emetics of men. I cause sickness and I produce health, and I am present in every time of emetic action, from the gentle puke produced by a ipecacuan wine, to the terrible vomiting of a yellow fever. I am a perpetual source of trouble to the human race, and I am the cause of more deaths than the sword. I spare no emetic, from the new-born babe to the aged veteran of a hundred years. I am a friend to the physician, and a foe to the surgeon. I cause the former to be paid, and I prevent the latter from being employed. I aid the former to produce disease, and I assist the latter to cure it. Emetics are my delight