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The new nurse, whose name is Musgrove, is an older man than Baker.

He is only a nurse—not a doctor. W. motioned the medicine away.

I struck out the 'volunteer hospital nurse' line.

As I was going W. said: "I'm nursing up a surprise for you." "Good or bad?"

Had slept later than usual—to 11 from 9.30 last night, nurse said.

The new nurse, whose name is Musgrove, is an older man than Baker.

Change of nurses has something to do with this. Musgrove is a cloudy man. I asked how M. got on.

He is only a nurse—not a doctor. W. motioned the medicine away.

Gilder had added underneath the headline: "By Walt Whitman, volunteer hospital nurse."

I struck out the 'volunteer hospital nurse' line.

sentries at the gates and in the passages &c,—and a great staff of surgeons, cadets, women and men nurses

mosquito curtains—all is quite still—an occasional sigh or groan—up in the middle of the ward the lady nurse

Even the nurse remarked the other night when Kemper sat in the parlor with us that "the way Mr.

He had nursed her husband in the hospital at Washington.

They also presented him with a nurse's chair for his use about the house.

Davis & his nurse & we could have a jolly time.

but of necessity that a nurse should be kept and of the grace it would do W.'

Bucke approached W. on the subject of a nurse.

You fellows have about convinced me that I should have a nurse.

We all agreed that a nurse should be secured at once.

He also objected to having the nurse sleep there in the room with him.

There is to be a change of nurses tomorrow. Baker will go.

it is poor O'Connor who should have the nurse, not me: poor William: he deserves it, I do not."

Then: "I was just saying the other day that Leaves of Grass could only be thoroughly understood by nurses

remedies as their disease required, to say nothing of being exposed all annoyances and want of good nursing

The talk got upon the nurse fund.

"Harlots and sinners—discredited persons, criminals: they should be my audience: women, doctors, nurses

turning to me: "What he seems most to need is a skilful able-bodied man—a nurse.

I told W. of a French nurse whose method of dealing with children had interested me.

I showed him a card I had from Josephine Lazarus, who had come into my nurse fund.

your hands: yet I would have you always lean to the side of mercy—don't oppress me with doctors, nurses

W.: "Yes, a bad form: it meant death, death: I nursed many a man down with diarrhæa."

it was very bad: we nursed him: I was there once, twice, often three times a day: posted the nurses,

It had occurred while no attendants were present— "cadets, nurses, doctors, me."

ago—the devilishly obstinate, illiterate boy he was: no one could do anything with him: doctors, nurses

His nurse, Wilkins, said Mr.

early years: teaching, loafing, working on the newspapers: traveling: then in Washington—clerking, nursing

they call it The Other Side of the War: it is written by Katharine Wormeley: I think she must be a nurse

the door there unassisted—must help myself with a chair, the table, anything—sometimes calling the nurse

"I think you are well off as to doctors and nurses now—Osler, Walsh and Wilkins—it is a strong team and

reached over quietly and took my hand: "Not to speak of you, Horace, who are worth all the doctors and nurses

Bucke, Osler, Wharton and Walsh, and a good nurse, Edward Wilkins, a young, strong Canadian.

Talked of nurses. "After all the best nurses are women—at the last the women are always called in.

Men are the best nurses up to that point—then, somehow, the woman tells."

She was without any of the absurd pruderies which unfit so many young women for nursing."

But "the ideal nurse is yet to come."

A man is naturally a perfect nurse when he is himself, but he never is himself!"

After B. was gone W. said: "He's a gentle fellow—was a sweet nurse: it was like good health to have him

Burroughs advises more energetic, even drastic, nursing—rubbing, massage, and so on.

Had slept later than usual—to 11 from 9.30 last night, nurse said.

Nurse says W.'s bowels are open but much of the food passes through undigested.

The nurse's daily report, as I enter and nod to him in the parlor, is "tolerable, tolerable"—and Mrs.

I explained: "The same people who put the nurse here." He was touched deeply. "And who are they?"

When I called, found the vestibule door unfastened and apparently no one about—neither nurse nor Mrs.

I had never heard him in all the months before express any desire for the presence of a nurse—even care

where the nurse might be—but this evening he said: "I do not like his staying so long and saying nothing

W. in handing me letter from Bucke which came today, said: "He speaks there of a change of the nurse.

I do not hear good accounts of your present nurse (Musgrove) and I have just written to Horace about

W. received a long letter from Bucke to-daytoday talking about the change in nurses.

Have not got on track of a nurse yet.Tuesday, October 15, 18897.15 P.M.

I gave Ed a letter to Gould about a new nurse. Hard to secure!

As to a new nurse, W., "We're all hoping it will be the right man."

I find myself very anxious on this point of the nurse.

I never felt this so much as with nurses—how some have the nurse's gift.

This rather staggered me, as experience has shown how difficult it is to get a nurse for W. who combines

He had nursed her husband in the hospital at Washington.

He is carefully attended by a male nurse, sent by his friend Dr. Bucke of London, Ont.

The nurse is a strong and sympathetic young Canadian, and the expense is met by a number of Whitman's

Saw several persons in the course of the day about a nurse for W.—, two doctors, S.

Have not got on track of a nurse yet. Monday, October 14, 1889

I gave Ed a letter to Gould about a new nurse. Hard to secure!

As to a new nurse, W., "We're all hoping it will be the right man."

introduced the latter as the man Gould had secured as his successor—the other his friend, a professional nurse

I find myself very anxious on this point of the nurse.

the man himself—his friend kept me busily engaged—but I discovered he was pretty green—had never nursed

Referring to the matter of the nurse, W. said laughingly: "It is with that as with the getting a husband

Then laughed over the fact that the new nurse had not turned up today—made no sign.

found—which, with great manly strength, unites sweet delicacy, soft as a woman's, gentle enough to nurse

negro waitress who so effusively greeted him at the hall the night of the dinner had had a husband nursed

They also presented him with a nurse's chair for his use about the house.

Davis & his nurse & we could have a jolly time.

In the MS., (my portion) where I had written simply "Whitman's nurse, Edward Wilkins"—he suggested "Whitman's

Canadian friend and nurse"—an admirable change, removing the servility implied by the first phrase.

I told W. that in soliciting contributions to the nurse fund I had never put it on the ground of poverty

but of necessity that a nurse should be kept and of the grace it would do W.'