Ribald Classic: The Cost Of The Cure

June, 1963

There Lived In Rome two physicians alike in many respects -- they were raised together as children, studied under the same mentor and ultimately began practicing in the same locality. Also, each was known to be fond of drinking, revelry and a variety of amusements.They were dissimilar, however, in that the first, named Ravolinus, felt that he embodied the fullness of perfection and was wont to occupy his associates for endless hours with self-laudatory orations. Daily he would assail his listene...