"I am simply a 'book drunkard'. Books have the same irresistable temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them." (L. M. Montgomery)
Two terminally ill patients cheat death by having their maladies 'taken away' by a healer. But, having partaken of the exchange, the 'cure' is decidedly worse than the disease. Very 'Twilight Zone' like.