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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/46/1 |
| Former Reference | D3287/1/10/11/2 |
| Title | Letter from James Dixon to Eleanor Isabella Gell, offering his professional opinion as a doctor on the eyes of Eleanor's daughter Alice |
| Date | [c1859] |
| Description | In his capacity as a doctor, relating to improvement in eye of her daughter Alice [born late 1857], trying to alleviate her concerns about a white speck (previously covered by the redness of the inflammation), which grows paler and less visible in time; there will always be something to mark the site of the ulcer; iron drops must be carried on with for another fortnight. Only dated Saturday. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | James Dixon |
| Sender Location | No address |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |