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JCPP/French/1/1/1844/7
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Letter from William Selwyn to William French
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- 12th October 1844 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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Written from Can House, Doncaster. Sorry to hear from their friend Mr. Jenyns that French is still ill. Is aware of a remedy French could take the 'cure de raisins' which involves eating a large quantity of grapes a day, several lb worth, which produces an alteration of the blood and whole system. Practiced at Bingen am Rhein and on Lake Geneva. One of their friends recently took his wife there on the recommendation of her physician.