Letter written by Louise Downer and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, October 27, 1887
Title
Letter written by Louise Downer and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, October 27, 1887
Subject
Letter writing
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Description
This is a photograph of a letter written by Louise Downer and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames on October 27, 1887. The first page, verso, depicts pages one and four, and the second page, recto, depicts pages two and three.
Creator
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Date
1887-10-27
Contributor
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Rights
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Format
application/pdf
Language
en-US
Type
Text
Identifier
RG9-12-1043_1_1_028
Date Created
2016-05-10
Is Part Of
Frances Proctor Ames Papers, 1882-1948 (RG 9/12/1043)
LIB-UA041
Extent
20.3x25.8
Transcription
Petersboro. Oct. 27. 87.
My Dear Doctor Fanny:
I wrote you
nearly two months ago
and wondering, why
under the sun, moon +
stars you didn’t write me.
when lo, a letter cometh
telling me- that you are
really and truly located
while poor. I am still
afloat. I have not put
out my shingle yet. for
the reason- that I meant
to leave as soon as I could
get a place- and then
people would think I
had to and at last I never
secured a position. I intend
to go to Pittsburg. Pa. the
first of Jan. to enter a
hospital there. I shall
get $25 a month with every
thing found. and then the
experience I shall get will
be worth worlds to me.
Pelvic surgery is the princi-
-pal work that is done.
I have a splendid
position offered me
at Cambridge as resident
physician of Dr. Marley’s
private hospital for
women. but I would
receive no compensation
whatever. and I could
not do it. although the
name of being there
would have been worth
a small fortune
but alas- dollars are more
to me just now than
name- and this position
has come up to help me
I am delighted of course
tho’ I dread to go among
strangers and away from
home-
Well my dear girl I am
so glad that you have
started. how did it all
happen anyway? Do your
best and keep up you
spirits.
I suppose you have heard something of met-
aphysical healing. There
has been a woman in
our place- for sometime
doctoring (?) in that way
but she has gone home
at last without having a
Dear
cured case. My Preceptor
has the luck of practice but
I have some - even without
a sign. my cases have been
mostly chronic dysphagia
goiter. hay asthma +c.
+ a few cases of wounds
one broken arm and
one of [a?men?orrhoea]
Mrs Knapp is in San Francisco
as corresponding Recy. for
the W.C.T.U.. She said she
could get into school so
easily but she found it was
harder than she supposed
I must hasten and mail
this. Do you read anything
but medicine. I am studying
German, reading medicine
with an occasional novel
by Haggard or Black as con
diments. Have you read
anything by Haggard? I wish you would. They are
the strangest stories ever written. With all
my love
yours
Louise
mother seems
quite well
tho I worry
about her
lungs a
great deal but she doesnt know it
I have prescribed ferrous hyphophosphate for Mrs Packwoods
[?] and she feels much better under its use
My Dear Doctor Fanny:
I wrote you
nearly two months ago
and wondering, why
under the sun, moon +
stars you didn’t write me.
when lo, a letter cometh
telling me- that you are
really and truly located
while poor. I am still
afloat. I have not put
out my shingle yet. for
the reason- that I meant
to leave as soon as I could
get a place- and then
people would think I
had to and at last I never
secured a position. I intend
to go to Pittsburg. Pa. the
first of Jan. to enter a
hospital there. I shall
get $25 a month with every
thing found. and then the
experience I shall get will
be worth worlds to me.
Pelvic surgery is the princi-
-pal work that is done.
I have a splendid
position offered me
at Cambridge as resident
physician of Dr. Marley’s
private hospital for
women. but I would
receive no compensation
whatever. and I could
not do it. although the
name of being there
would have been worth
a small fortune
but alas- dollars are more
to me just now than
name- and this position
has come up to help me
I am delighted of course
tho’ I dread to go among
strangers and away from
home-
Well my dear girl I am
so glad that you have
started. how did it all
happen anyway? Do your
best and keep up you
spirits.
I suppose you have heard something of met-
aphysical healing. There
has been a woman in
our place- for sometime
doctoring (?) in that way
but she has gone home
at last without having a
Dear
cured case. My Preceptor
has the luck of practice but
I have some - even without
a sign. my cases have been
mostly chronic dysphagia
goiter. hay asthma +c.
+ a few cases of wounds
one broken arm and
one of [a?men?orrhoea]
Mrs Knapp is in San Francisco
as corresponding Recy. for
the W.C.T.U.. She said she
could get into school so
easily but she found it was
harder than she supposed
I must hasten and mail
this. Do you read anything
but medicine. I am studying
German, reading medicine
with an occasional novel
by Haggard or Black as con
diments. Have you read
anything by Haggard? I wish you would. They are
the strangest stories ever written. With all
my love
yours
Louise
mother seems
quite well
tho I worry
about her
lungs a
great deal but she doesnt know it
I have prescribed ferrous hyphophosphate for Mrs Packwoods
[?] and she feels much better under its use
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Correspondence
Collection
Citation
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948, “Letter written by Louise Downer and sent to Dr. Frances Proctor Ames, October 27, 1887,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 25, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/79571.