phosphoglycerate

Updated: May 6, 2025

My doctor called loudly to a waitress to bring some phosphoglycerate of lime hash, dog-bread, bromo-seltzer pancakes, and nux vomica tea for my repast. Then a sound arose like a sudden wind storm among pine trees. It was produced by every guest in the room whispering loudly, "Neurasthenia!" except one man with a nose, whom I distinctly heard say, "Chronic alcoholism." I hope to meet him again.

O. Henry - Sixes and Sevens