Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
[letterhead]
New York, June 16 1893
Dear Louie- It has been very hot here & may be hot in Martinez & I cant help thinking about Helen. The great danger in the hot weather will be or rather is that she will be eating a good deal of fruit & her teeth not being sound she is likely to have toothache, & toothache & hot weather will be more than she can bear I think that all those cavities in the molars should be filled with amalgam Tell the dentist not to use the drill, but simply to scrape out the cavities gently & the pain would be very slight. In case of their aching any length of time have them extracted at all hazards. But much may be done by prevention. Don’t allow her to
go into the orchard at all. Give her the juice to drink by itself & make her rinse her mouth after every meal. Above all don’t let her eat may dukes. Even raw peaches should not be eaten, & don’t let her be tempted by the sight of others eating them. Bathe her frequently & change her clothing in the middle of the day, & again at night. Be specially watchful when after warm days the cold winds set in suddenly from the se. Be sure then that she be warmly clad before the possibility of a chill. Above all things watch her teeth. Better that she never taste fruit for years, or until she grows strong than that she have toothache. Acid fruit with sugar, warm debilitating weather & nerve-exhausting toothache & irregularity of the bowels, all come together to de[illegible] children & the danger is very great I charge you therefore to be watchful With love to all ever yours John Muir
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Location
…New York
Date Original
1893 Jun 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1893 Jun 16." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 930.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/930
Resource Identifier
muir07_1088-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1088
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
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific 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
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
