Great Expectations

Why does pip have to drink tar water after bolting his food?

Chapter 2

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Tar water was used as a medicine. Joe was afraid that Pip had swallowed his bread and butter whole; Pip's sister used the tar water as a remedy against his becoming ill from eating too fast.

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