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Mr. ClarkeA man from the Borough of Southwark in the county of Greater London, who is an apothecary consulted in secret by Andrew Goodwin, the son of Mr. Goodwin. Mr. Clarke agrees upon seeing the water of Roger Crey, a man who is sick and being cared for Mrs. Pigeon and Mrs. Jones, that that man is beyond recovery but "that if good help had been sought in time, in all probability he might have done well." (14)Doctors: in Conclusion, the young man doubting some false play, privately carries his water to an able Physician, Doctor Burnet; at the first sight of the water he tells him, the party was a dead man, past all recovery; and that if good help had been sought in time, in all probability he might have done well. Mr. Clarke a skilfull Apothecary on the Bridge is also consulted, and he affirmes the same.()