What did Tiny Tim even have that Scrooge being less of an asshole could fix it? Not enough turkey-itus? Leech deficiency? Too much phlegm in the humors?

Kids these days, never enough phlegm in the humors.

ed: whatever it was that Tiny Tim had, I bet all the malnutrition didn’t help, it’s quite possibly it literally was not-enough-turkey-itus.