In the letter Pugh discusses his recent illness and the treatments he took to recover ("My suffering has been very great from a disease I never heard of before called Shingles - a disease of the blood and skin never fatal but tormenting"). He then...
In this letter Boykin congratulates Mrs. Gaillard on the success of an event held at the Mobile Infirmary the day before, probably the dedication of the new nurses' home there.