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Ansr [[underline]] Oct. 3 [[/underline]]

New Haven 26 Oct 1883.

Dear Miss Fletcher,

Your letter of 22th reached us today - We are very sorry to learn of your continued Suffering Condition.  My friend Dr. Shew ^[[insert]]from Middletown Hospital[[/insert]] came to pass four or five hours with me today and I asked him what he was used to prescribe for such an Evil as yours - he said that Salicylic acid, was as nearly a specific for it, as any medicine for any disease could be so called.  He will mail you some and write such directions as he may think of use - He is an