Ekworth S. Smith letter to Elizabeth C. Clarke - August 10, 1920
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Buffalo [August] 10th 1920 My Dear Mrs. Clark Ever since my departure from Boston have wanted to send these lines of inquiry as to Powie
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to have adjusted matters to go but I had already remained as suffered to see him over the dangerous crisis of the hemorrhages & to take him safely to me of the best
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found in the other parts of the lungs better than the main tuberculosis focus will prove both as we hoped for simple spots of inflammation not tuberculous due to inhalation of blood during his hemorrhages. Should this form to be the case then they will [ms illegible: 2 wds] up leaving only the main tuberculosis focus to be controlled. This of course you must not expect to [ms illegible: 1 wd] up so [ms illegible: 1 wd] for to cure this will [ms illegible: 1 wd] a long fight of at least several months If contrary to the hopes of both Dr. Hawes and myself, that the spots in lungs other than the main focus, should prove also be the tuberculosis instead of simply inflammatory then of course the fight will prove to be still harder with the outlook of course not quite So good
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time I feel the diagnosis could easily have been made and the disease brought under control before the disease far progressed much thru [ms illegible: 1 wd] greatly the lung involved
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| Title | Ekworth S. Smith letter to Elizabeth C. Clarke - August 10, 1920 |
| Creator | Smith, Ekworth S, |
| Source | Smith, Ekworth S. Letter to Elizabeth C. Clarke. 10 August 1920. Clarke Family Manuscript Collection, 1540-1926. DOC MSS 30. Saint Louis University Library and Special Collections, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan Hughes Clarke served with the 21st Aero Squadron and the Labor Bureau A.E.F. during World War I. He died from tuberculosis August 20, 1920. Clarke's mother, Elizabeth Clemens Clarke, corresponded with her son |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Medical Care; World War, 1914-1918--Chemical Warfare; Gas; Tuberculosis; World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, American |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | DOC MSS 30 |
| Contributing Institution | Saint Louis University Library and Special Collections |
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| Rights | Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Please contact the Saint Louis University Archives for details at 314-977-5516, or tachee@slu.edu. |
| Date Original | August 10, 1920 |
| Language | English |