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I have delayed writing until this morning, so as to give
you all the information I can about Mr. H. After waiting some
time in hopes that the abscess would get well, Pa sent for Dr.
Smith (the most eminent Surgeon in the City & Professor of Surgery
and Anatomy in the Maryland University) and had the abscess laid
open yesterday afternoon. The operation was severe but soon over,
after which they applied a bread, milk & laudanum poultice to the
part. They then gave him a large anodyne which composed him and
enabled him to pass the night comfortably. This morning Mr. H. has
very little uneasiness and Pa says it will heal up very rapidly.
Dr. Smith told me after the operation that Mr. H. would soon be
well, as the sore had nothing to do now but to heal up. Our trust
is in our heavenly Father and with his blessing upon the means
used for which we most ardently pray we feel encouraged to hope
that he will soon recover. We have tried to be submissive to this
severe affliction and have felt that we were sustained and comforted
by the influences of the holy Spirit. Pray for us, that this
dispensation may be sanctified to our good!
Almost the whole family have been sick this winter. Ma
has had a very bad cold, the girls one after another have had
little spells and Pa is laid up every now and then. I have not
time to write more. I will write again soon. Our love to all—
in great haste
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