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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/46/2 |
| Former Reference | D3287/1/10/11/1 |
| Title | Letter from James Dixon to Eleanor Isabella Gell, offering advice in his capacity as a doctor on a treatment for lice for one of Eleanor's daughters |
| Date | [c1859] |
| Description | In his capacity as a doctor, giving instructions for the destruction of lice infecting a child's head using the "white precipitate of mercury ointment", which may cause the child to be distressed and purged if rubbed in too abundantly. He does not think he will be able to help with the "medical pupils", as he he is not connected with King's College. Only dated Saturday evening. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | James Dixon |
| Sender Location | 1 Portman Square |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |