Letter from Hattie to Edward, November 28, 1882

Letter from Hattie to Edward, November 28, 1882

Chloroform; Leg--Wounds and injuries; Operations, Surgical; Marriage; Physicians

Harriet has finally received word from Edward in regards to his injured leg. He seems to be doing better. She hopes that the leg has not shortened due to muscle contraction. Dr. Kerr uses chloroform quite regularly with his operations and was surprised that Edward was not given any. The doctors at home do not seem to use it as much as those abroad. Miss Butler and Dr. Niles often accompany Dr. Kerr when he does his operations and rounds of the ward each day. Harriet talks about the newly married missionaries and those who are bachelors, this includes Mr. Mayne, Mr. Watson, Dr. Riddal, Dr. Anderson.

Noyes, Harriet Newell

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3

Unpublished

1882-11-28

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton China
Nov 28th 1882
My dear Edward,
Your letter of Oct 21st
came this morning. "It
is an ill wind that blows
nobody good" so as one of the
fruits of your affliction I
have a letter from you
by two mails in succession.
Perhaps you will get in
the way of writing by every
mail so that you cannot
stop. Just five weeks no
nearly five & a half have
passed since your
letter was written so I
hope by this time your

leg it able to do duty
again. I am so anxious
to hear how it it when
you begin to use it. I
hope you will not find
it shortened enough to
make any [?matinal?]
difference. You might
perhaps have a little
difference in your shoes.
Dr Graves explained to me
how it might be shortened
some by the contraction of
the muscles but said it
depended on the success
of the appliances I am
sure Dr Bigham will
do the best he possibly

can. Dr Kerr seemed
surprised that they did
not give you chloroform
but I do not think doctors
at home use it as much
as he does. He uses it
every day and does not
seem in the least afraid
to use it with any one.
He does have some of the
most dreadful operations.
Dr Niles and Miss Butler
go over to witness them and
make the rounds of all
the wards with him
every morning. They
have quite a [?homefull?]
over at Dr Kerr's, now
Two newly married
missionaries and one

bachelor. The [?hatter?]
Mr Mayne came out from
England in charge of
four missionary brides One
he left at Singapore & the
other three met their bridegrooms
and were married in
Hong Kong. One is from Amoy
Mr Watson, one from Swatow
Dr Riddal, & Dr Anderson
from Formosa where Mr Mayne
goes. I have not seen
any of them yet I
enclose in this a handkerchief
which I intended to send
by last mail but concluded
I would wait and see
whether those Miss Miles & Miss
Butler sent were received
at the Post Office without
[?demons?] or not. Any now
with much love & sympathy
I remain ever yr aff sister Hattie



中国广州
1882 年 11 月 28 日
亲爱的爱德华，
你 10 月 21 日的来信今天早上来了。
“这是一种不利于任何人的恶风”所以作为你痛苦的果实之一，
我收到了你的一封连续两封邮件的信。
也许您会在每封邮件中妨碍您的写作，
以至于您无法停止。
自从你写信以来，
仅仅五个星期过去了将近五个半，
所以我希望此时你的腿能够再次履行职责。
当您开始使用它时，
我很想知道它是如何使用的。
我希望你不会发现它缩短到足以产生任何实质性差异。
您的鞋子可能会有所不同。
Graves 医生向我解释了如何通过肌肉收缩来缩短它，
但他说这取决于器械的成功与否，
我相信 Bigham 医生会尽力而为。
克尔医生似乎对他们没有给你氯仿感到惊讶，
但我认为家里的医生不像他那样使用它。
他每天都在使用它，
而且似乎一点也不害怕与任何人一起使用它。
他确实有一些最可怕的手术。
奈尔斯医生和巴特勒小姐每天早上都会过去见证他们，
并与他一起巡视所有病房。
他们在科尔医生家过得很温馨，
现在是两位新婚传教士和一位单身汉。
帽匠，
梅恩先生从英国出来，
负责管理四位传教新娘，
一位留在新加坡，
另外三位在香港遇见了他们的新郎，
并在香港结婚。
一个来自淘大Mr Watson，
一个来自汕头Riddal医生，
一个来自Mayne所在的Formosa的Anderson医生。
我还没有看到他们中的任何一个，
我在这个手帕中附上了我打算通过最后一封邮件寄出的手帕，
但我得出结论我会等着看那些寄出的迈尔斯小姐和巴特勒小姐是否在没有恶魔的情况下在邮局收到。
任何时候，
我都会充满爱和同情，
我永远是你深情的姐姐，
海蒂

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