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Convalescentia Honesta

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Institute Pharmacy · Dispensary No. 1
Rx #48,550 Family
Prescribed
Convalescentia Honesta
(Honest Convalescence, full bed rest)
DosageOne (1) full day horizontal, no performative suffering, no sequential requests
FrequencyPer cold virus; not per sneeze
DurationUntil the fever actually breaks, confirmed by thermometer not by feeling
RefillsUnlimited — the real flu will, on occasion, arrive
Side effects May include the specific quiet of a partner no longer texting the group chat for confirmation, the absence of three escalating tissue requests in 40 minutes, and — by morning — a recovery that occurred on schedule without a final-act soliloquy. The soup was, it turns out, sufficient.
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Convalescentia Honesta is a formal prescription dispensed by the Institute Pharmacy for the behavioral complaint described above. It is not a real medication, will not be found in any pharmacopoeia, and cannot be filled at a real pharmacy. It can, however, be filled by the patient, for the patient, at home.

In the Institute Pharmacy's ledger, this prescription is entered under the English reading Honest Convalescence, full bed rest — a description patients tend to find more useful than the Latin.

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