Creator
Sarah M[uir] Galloway
Recipient
[John Muir]
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Transcription
[2]first, and always causing some annoyance, but nothing serious enough, he thought, to consult a Dr, but the last winter or spring on the farm they felt that it must be attended to as it was growing so large. so he went to Dr Gorton who said he had never seen any thing like it, and advised him to do nothing until he had consulted Dr [illegible], he also told him he had never seen anything just like it but gave him medicine, a few days before leaving Portage, while they were at the house selling what they could of my things and packing up the rest of them to bring out with them, the lump broke Dr Meacher then thought it had developed into a case of "Lupus" P[illegible]lin said he had removed a Lupus sore of the same kind from a patient back and would attend to his if he could stay, but they were all broke up, and anxious to go [illegible] and see about a home, thinking it could be healed, the Dr said it would take a long time at best and gave him what was best to use. and so it has gone on, some parts of it seemed to be healing, and he would work when he could, but later it has spread until it is worse than you can think. [illegible] will start East
Location
Scappoose, Ore.
Date Original
1902 Dec 3
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir12_0849-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0849
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
