The cheap doctor : a word about fresh air.

Date:
[1858?]
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Credit: The cheap doctor : a word about fresh air. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    I wish everybody knew Mrs. Carter, the school- mistress in our village; she is really one of the best ■women I ever saw. To see and hear her work and talk, is enough to do anybody good. Early and late, morning and night, that woman is busy, and always about some good thing. One would think she had enough to do with the fifty children in her school all day, without anything else; but, would you believe it, she goes about between school-times, to see the children's mothers, and tries to be of use to them ? The folks in our place are often ill, and Mrs. Carter always says it is because they are in such bad air, and live in a very unhealthy way; and whenever she gets a chance, she has a little talk with them about these things. I was with her the other day, when she went to ask after little Jim Brown, who has been ill ever since Christmas. I thought what she said to Jim's mother was well worth knowing, and I took care not to forget it. Good morning to you, Mrs. Brown, said she, I have just stepped in to ask after Jim. I hope he is better, poor fellow ! I was quite grieved to see him look so pale and sickly the other day; I am afraid it will be some time yet before he is fit for school again. Mrs. Broivn. Thank you, ma'am, for your kind