Creator
David [Gilrye Muir]
Recipient
[Daniel H. Muir]
Transcription
[office of Parry & Muir letterhead]
Confidential
Katie is holding her own & even seems to be gaining in strength. You ask what she is doing for it she has a [illegible] to apply & for her [stricken word] blood she takes back-thorn berries once a week. Thus 12 berries steeped so long [in?] drinks 1/2 of the tea [illegible] & 1/2 next a m
There is no fluid extract of [clover?] in town. is it [Clover?] or sweet Clover.
Her [breast?] is shrinking down smaller & smaller almost to a level with her body. The opening is 3/4 inch long U 2/8 inch wide close to the nipple [illegible] matter oozes out the flesh is bright red almost pink
sometimes the sore is painful but there is no pain in the breast [elsewhere?]. But the whole of it itches terribly by spells so that she has to bathe it & try everything until it stops
Suppose you write me a letter that I can show [illegible] & say that whether it is a cancer, tumor or canceous sore. or any other bad sore. The best out [illegible]apple[illegible] is so [illegible] & the beat time is so[illegible] & " blood [illegible] " " . . . Thanks for you interest in past letters. I feel as if you had wronged yourself by not keeping part of the $[100.00?] for I understood you had spent money on my place [Affectionately?] your bro David
Location
Portage, Wisc.
Circa Date
[1884]
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, David Gilrye, "Letter from David [Gilrye Muir] to [Daniel H. Muir], [ca. 1884]." (1884). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1584.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1584
Resource Identifier
muir05_0178-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0178
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
