Manchester, 26 June 68

Dear Mohr,  
Yesterday evening, after writing to you, I went over to Gumpert’s to ask him about the scarlet fever, but found his house so full of patients and Salomons that I could not get a proper word with him, so I saw him again today and asked him, since Allen is ill, whether he could recommend a doctor. He said the main thing here was to have a man who, even if not excessively clever, lives close by, can come 3–4 times a day in critical periods and can always be called upon. He thought Lafargue would be quite capable of treating this case correctly, and if you wanted other assistance, Allen would be the best person to recommend someone from among the doctors in your neighbourhood. Otherwise, fresh air and plenty of it are the main thing; he himself usually prescribes sponging with vinegar and water, and disinfection of the house with chloride of lime, but all that cannot be decreed from a distance. Medicines are not worth much in such acute diseases anyway. You will have received the second ten pounds in two five-pound notes that I sent you the day before yesterday. Enclosed another five pounds. S/K 46 795, and next week I shall send you some more. Incidentally, Gumpert has greatly reassured me and confirmed that this year this illness is exceptionally mild. Lizzie is worried you might think Tussy picked up the germ of the illness here, and has made me promise faithfully to write to you that everything here is perfectly healthy. Give my kind regards to your wife, the two patients, Laura, and Lafargue.  
Yours,  
F. E.