When the physician prescribed blisters to Marie Bashkirtseff to
check her consumptive tendency, the vain, cynical girl wrote:
“I will put on as many blisters as thee like. I shall be able
to hide the mark by bodices trimmed with flowers and lace and
tulle, and a thousand other delightful things that are worn,
without being required; it may even look pretty. Ah! I am
comforted.” (Text.)
(1973)