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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2546/ZZ/10
TitleLetter from Florence Nightingale to Dr Dunn asking him to see a patient who has had a rash break out on his head
Date14 Oct 1877
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderFlorence Nightingale
Sender LocationLea Hurst
RecipientDr Dunn
Recipient LocationNot given
Archive CreatorChristopher Blencowe Noble Dunn of Crich (1836-1892), medical doctor
Florence Nightingale of Lea Hurst, Derbyshire and Embley, Hampshire (1820-1910), nurse and social reformer
Administrative HistoryThe 1871 census describes Thomas Allison, aged 68, as a widowed gardener's labourer, living with three unmarried daughters in Cromford Road, Holloway
Access CategoryOpen
FormatDocument
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
This letter has been digitised and can be viewed on The Florence Nightingale Digitization Project website at http://archives.bu.edu/web/florence-nightingale
Transcript or IndexLea Hurst
Oct 14/77
My dear Sir
I shall be very glad to see you "tomorrow afternoon." 
Old Thomas Alison, whom you know, has a sort of redness or breaking out all over his head.  I trust it is not Erisypelas. Would you kindly see him tomorrow? 
yrs sincerely in haste
F. Nightingale
C.B.N. Dunn Esq.
AcknowledgementsTranscription completed by catalogue volunteer RJ, 2020
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