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Updated: May 13, 2025

Had I gone across the street to the brilliant premises of the Cut Rate Pharmaceutical where they burn electric light by the meterfull I should no sooner have said "tooth brush," than one of the ten clerks in white hospital jackets would have poured a glittering assortment over the counter prophylactic, lactic and every other sort.

Stephen Leacock - Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy