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Title:
Letter from F.D. Cunningham to James Southgate, March 10, 1885: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Cunningham, F. D.
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Funder:
Funding by the Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.
Transcription Information:
Text transcribed by: Kelly Clark
Images scanned by: Digital Production Center
Text encoded by: Katherine M. Wisser
Transcription Edition:
Edition: First edition,
Date: 2006
Publication Information:
Publisher: Duke University Libraries
Date: 2006
Availability: ©This work is the property of the Duke University Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.
Source Information:
Title: Letter from F. D. Cunningham to James Southgate, March 10, 1885
Author: F. D. Cunningham
Date: 18850310
Note: Dr. Frank. D. Cunningham, director of the Retreat of the Sick, Richmond, Virginia. writes James Southgate with a description of his daughter's condition. The physician refers to Annie Southgate's "nervous attacks" and terms her condition Hyster Epilepsy.
P: Southgate-Jones Family Papers, 1760-1982, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Diseases -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Women -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Class: Southgate, Annie
Class: Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Class: Physicians -- United States -- History --19th century
Class: Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Class: Cunningham, Frank D.
Class: Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Cunningham, F. D.
Class: Southgate, James, 1832-1914

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Diseases -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Women -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Southgate, Annie
Southgate, James, 1832-1914
Physicians -- United States -- History --19th century
Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Cunningham, Frank D.
Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Cunningham, F. D.
Southgate, James, 1832-1914

F. D. Cunningham, M.D.,
717 Franklin Street.
Richmond, Va. March 10? 1885
My dear Mr Southgate

Since you left Miss Annie very well and yesterday morning was quite cheerful when I paid my visit about 12AM but afterwards from some triffling (Correction: trifling) exciting cause she had one of her nervous attacks. This time it assumed the form of Hyster. Epilepsy and she was to all appearances unconscious and subject to slight muscular convulsions from 3 PM to about 9 PM when it off and she had a good night Today she was cheerful but complaining of , the result of the muscular spasms + had no knowledge of events yesterday after her attack and I dont think she is any the worse from the attack and hope she will be walking about again in a day or two [as well?] as when you left. She asked me about getting a special nurse since one had recommended her and I was non committal until I saw the nurse myself + the material of which she was made. I think Miss Annie had been quite fretted at the Dr out mending her on Sunday + doing what I must instead of what she wishes and that may have culminated in the attack of yesterday. I was surprized (Correction: surprised) to see it as

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