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and half ago – scarlet fever
was a perfect plague in London
and it seem'd to baffle
all skill, until we had
a change of weather – Mr
Chisholm gives a very so-so
account of Isabella – tho'
the Drs there considered
her out of danger – but
the description of her
weakness is very alarming –
and when one considers
that for nearly a year & half
they have never been with
out actual and serious
illness in the home – it
is enough to create much
alarm – I feel sure from
the state of her throat that
Isabella has had the
fever also – After I post
this I shall call for your
Aunt – hoping that she
or Mary may have