Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Daniel H. Muir]
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Transcription
for me to smell & asked me if I did not feel these vapors go tickling & tingling downward rather than upward I admitted that the stomach was the great centre of gravity - the recover & dispenser of our daily bread to all the other organs. At once master & store house of the com[illegible]ssary department but that the brain was more than a watch man over its dispensations Well I suppose now you are saying that this is a mixing a has[illegible] of medical questions without any law or science Perhaps it is better to have your knowledge of medicine meas- ured & weighed, but [push?] is all I can give you. the room is full of noisy people, suffering from the most malignant & loudest forms of lingual disease some are narrating thrilling stomach stir- ing [illegible] adventures with Piute Ute Indians. Others are trading horses, making [illegible], & courting the ladies [illegible] [illegible]. Therefore[3]
Location
Near La Grange, [Calif. ]
Date Original
[1869] Nov 15
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0179-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0179
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Huntington Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
