I have seen a strong sober man driven perfectly mad 
at the moment by two associated with so-called rum, supplied to him at one of these simple shanties.
Not only does a digger are aware that it is extremely possible he or she find a lots of gold with hardly any trouble, but, worse still, he knows he may work quite difficult without getting any gold at all.
Just because your swelling fails a bit in response towards the diuretic 
does not always mean you are getting better.