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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
    - 1 - Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin - 1828-1859
      - 46 - Letters from James Dixon, husband of Mary Louisa Dixon (née Simpkinson), to Eleanor Isabella Gell - [c1859]

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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
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)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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