Jenner’s Quacks
Jenner was much given to versification. On one occasion he sent a brace of ducks, with the following lines, to Lady Morgan:
I’ve despatched, my dear madame, this scrap of a letter
To say that Miss Charlotte is very much better
A regular doctor no longer she lacks,
And therefore I’ve sent her a couple of quacks.
Lady Morgan’s reply:
Yes ’twas politic truly, my very good friend,
Thus a couple of quacks your patient to send,
Since there’s nothing so likely as quacks, it is plain,
To make work for a regular doctor again.