The Jane Austen Remedy - Ruth Wilson [Korean Version]
As I have grown older, my body seems to have become more fragile, prone to frequent, minor ailments. Just recently, I lost a week to a stubborn cold. Last summer, I found myself shuttling back and forth to the internal medicine clinic nearly once a month, battling bouts of enteritis. There was always something fascinating about swallowing pills with alien-sounding names scrawled on a prescription pad and feeling the body recover shortly thereafter. The recovery was possible, of course, because the medication was precise; one does not cure a stomach virus with a cough suppressant. Understanding exactly why my body hurts and exactly what it needs is paramount. The fact that we are being offered a prescription implies that we are already ill. An antidote is administered to neutralize a toxin that has entered the system. We have been handed this antidote, confirming our intoxication, yet the nature of the poison and the method of infection remain elusive. My limbs do not twist in a...
