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I ss was a good doctor I wondered once again what had happened to hiet the chance tothat I should not; I couldn’t i somehow to claim such beautiful instruments as his, if he was in any condition to do so

Under the prodding of ly s had set out for Virginia--leaving his box of instruments behind--and had proe, another patient; bleeding, purging, lancing of boils, re of an abscessed tooth, cautery of a persistent sore on a wos had found plenty of business in Cross Creek Had he ever h?

Yes, there it was, a week later and several pages on

Reached River Run after a dire journey, wind and rain fit to sink a ship, and the road washed away entirely in places, so was obliged to ride cross-country, lashed by hail, mud to the eyebrows Had set out at daith Mr Caht a horse for me--did not reach sanctuary ’til well past dark, exhausted and starving Made welcoone to the expense of procuring a doctor, Hector Cameron had evidently decided to s examine all the slaves and servants, as well as theheight, broad-shouldered, but sos had written of Hector, with hands so gnarled by rheu of any implement more subtle than a spoon iorous in his age Coht, painful Micturition I am inclined to suspect a prurient Distemper of the Bladder, rather than Stone or chronic Disease of the inwardstanding on any occasion of its evidence--teeks being the average duration of each attack and accoan A low fever, tenderness upon palpation of the lower abdoly, inclinepossessed of a good quantity of dried cranberries, have prescribed a decoction, the inspissated juice to be drunk thrice daily, a cupful at a ti and evening, for its cooling Effect, and in case of there being Gravel present in the Bladder, which ravate this Condition

I found s, either in terht he was likely spot-on on this occasion What about Jocasta, though?

There she was, on the next page

Jocasta Caravida, well-nourished and in good Health generally, very youthful in Aspect

Tri-gravida? I paused for a moment at that matter-of-fact re--let alone the loss--of three children To have raised three children past the dangers of infancy, only to lose them all at once, and in such cruel fashion The sun ar of it

If it was Brianna? Or little Jemmy? How did a woman bear such loss? I had done it,tiht, feeling a child’s eight sleeping on my breast, her breath warm on h the child’s head lay there

I supposed that it hter at birth, without the years of acquaintance that would leave ragged holes in the fabric of daily life And yet I knew Faith to the last ato; there was a hole in my heart that fit her shape exactly Perhaps it was that that had been a natural death, at least; it gavethat she was still with me in some as taken care of, and not alone But to have children slain in blood, butchered in war?

So s could happen to children in this time I returned to n of organic Illness, nor external Dae to the Eyes The White of the Eye is clear, the lashes free of any Matter, no Tuht passed before theht A candle held close to one side illuminates the vitreous Huht Clouding, indicating incipient Cataract in the lens of the right eye, but this is insufficient to explain the gradual loss of Sight

"Hus’ observations and his conclusions th of tihly two years--and the process of its failure--nothing abrupt, but a gradual shrinking of the field of vision

I thought it likely had taken longer; soradual that people didn’t notice the tiny decreht was seriously threatened

bits of the vision whittled away like cheese parings Even the sht, as patient exhibits great irritation and pain when the eye is exposed to strong sunlight

I have seen this condition twice before, always in persons of soh not so far advanced Gave it as ht would soon be completely obliterated, with no amelioration possible Fortunately, Mr Caiven to his wife to accompany her and warn her of obstacles, likewise to read to her and apprise her of her surroundings