Letter, Loulie Feemster to Alex W. Feemster, July 1863 07/1863

Authors

Mary Louise Feemster

Files

Description

Letter from Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, mainly regarding a boil on her breast, which makes it difficult to feed their baby, Mattie. The doctor recommended that she use ''Tansy poultice'' on it, but she followed the advice of her Aunt Edith and used raw cabbage leaves, which she found ''very soothing.'' She mentions that she thought she would have child-bed fever. 1863.

ISBN

235-6

Publication Date

1863

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Feemster family; Gaston family; Breastfeeding; Furuncle; Traditional medicine; Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911; Lowndes County (Miss.)

Keywords

ASERL

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1 p. ; 24 X 18.5 cm.

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

C_ASERL_2010_0055

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Oakley Family Papers

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

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Contact Information

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Recommended Citation

Oakley Family Papers, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University