To Dr. Mukhtar she said, “My father told me once that swallowing Guatemalan lizards was a cure for this illness.” “Never can this be. It is the rarity of Guatemalan lizards in Boston and its environs that earns them the reputation of a great cure. One might also name unicorn milk as a cure. There is no cure. When it becomes resistant to all I have, I will give you a sleeping draft that never fails to bring the final relief.”
