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W. spoke kindly of the nurses and Mary Davis. Said all were "oh so good."

That his ideal for a nurse was a man. They—Dr. McAlister and Mr. W.

—had some conversations on nurses, nursing and the care of the sick. Mr.

Mary Oakes had a long history of nursing the ill and elderly.

Davis's strongest defender is Whitman's nurse, Elizabeth Leavitt Keller, who portrays Davis as selflessly

Philadelphia to visit Whitman on July 15, 1890, and that evening photographed Whitman and his favorite nurse

.— For the city or state to become the general guardian or overseer and dry nurse of a man, and point

argue—I bend my head close, and half- envelop it, I sit quietly by—I remain faithful, I am more than nurse

head close, and half- envelop half-envelop it, I sit quietly by—I remain faithful, I am more than nurse

ashington] may-be unconscious,—may-be passing from life—meanwhile—thought o'ertoppling all else—my old nurse

argue, I bend my head close and half envelop it, I sit quietly by, I remain faithful, I am more than nurse

argue, I bend my head close and half envelop it, I sit quietly by, I remain faithful, I am more than nurse

Doughty & Maggie well—Warry still my nurse & satisfactory—Horace Traubel married & well—faithful as ever—So

cool—Supper of rice & mutton stew—I continue my non-mid-day meal or dinner—appetite fair—as I sit here my nurse

I am glad to think you are well enough to get on without a regular nurse but however well you get you

Bucke broached the idea of a second nurse to W., who at first resisted then yielded.

We arranged at Harned's for the care and pay of the new nurse. Would it be made a Camden fund?

She described interestingly visit paid to W. at time Musgrove was nurse—how Musgrove interfered—tried

s nurse etc. etc.

For some days past my mother has been ill—some of the time very ill—and I have been nurse & doctor too

my own hand—propp'd up in bed, deadly weak yet but the spark seems to glimmer yet —the doctors & nurses

Each ward has a Ward-master, and generally a nurse for every ten or twelve men.

Some of the wards have a woman nurse—the Armory-square wards have some very good ones.

The nurse from Ward E to whom Whitman refers may be Amanda Akin Stearns, whose memoir of her time as

a nurse in Armory Square General Hospital is titled, The Lady Nurse of Ward E .

that could not be repressed—sometimes a poor fellow dying, with emaciated face and glassy eye, the nurse

provide context for poems drafted at the time, many of which were inspired by wounded soldiers Whitman nursed

get away tomorrow but hope to— We had quite a pleasant time in coming on—Mrs Rice —(with child and nurse

I obtained a nurse, for my time was occupied in procuring remedies—all day—until allmost almost night

in the Nov. sun—find my head & bodily strength pretty low yet (no improvement)—I like my sailor boy nurse

him every day now—I am heartily glad you like Dr Walsh —I think you are well off as to doctors and nurse

more you want)—damp & dark, & very mild here—I have had a bath, & am sitting here alone—Warren my nurse

continue almost totally disabled from getting around, can hardly get across the room—have a good stout nurse

bodily wreck, cannot get across the room without holding on to something or being led—have a stout man nurse

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.

W. said with great earnestness and feeling, "To women—to nurses, doctors—I look for the best final understanding

the wonders in wonders of that life in Washington—the women nurses there—the hospitals—all that seemed

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

Bucke went over with Osler, designing to bring a nurse back with him. I went to W.'

Bucke arrived an hour later, bringing a young doctor named Baker as nurse.

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

He was still clear about the courtesies for he said to me: "Of course the nurse knows that my objection

be found in these random and fugitive papers, some of them recording his experiences as a hospital nurse

The nurse had left her daily notes for me. The air tranquil.

There are cases, however, where "the doctor" and "the nurse" positively prohibit this fresh air; for

being whisked over here in two hours, then after three days good solid rest, with Mrs Davis & your nurse

early supper (do not eat dinner at all, find it best)—have massage every day—bath also—have a good nurse

all—bladder business troublesome at night—am sitting here in my den alone as usual by the stove—my nurse

is so painful to us to hear of so dear a friend being in trouble, we sh.d should like to go over & nurse

weeks ago —am very weak & unable to get across the room without assistance—but have a good strong nurse

I have plenty visitors enough & good ones—my appetite & sleep are fair—I have a new helper & nurse, a

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

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.'

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

Seems to be a professional nurse.

Wrote on the back of his card, also sent, that if W. needed a nurse he ventured to offer himself.

Yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, representatives of the matrons, sisters and nurses of the

Lord Tennyson has written these lines in the first volume of his works:— Take, lady, what your loyal nurses

Davis would become nurse, pairing with Warrie. "I don't see what a skilled nurse can do just now."

Everything properly belonged in his hands—nurses, doctors, etc.Received today Johnston's letter of 27th

Joann P.KriegFritzinger, Frederick Warren (1866–1899)Fritzinger, Frederick Warren (1866–1899)Whitman's nurse

Thou sea that pickest and cullest the race in time, and unitest nations, Suckled by thee, old husky nurse

Thou sea that pickest and cullest the race in time, and unitest nations, Suckled by thee, old husky nurse

bring George home with you and how nicely we would establish him in our front room with Mat as chief nurse

Davis, my housekeeper, is well—She has been off to Kansas & Colorado on a jaunt—Warren Fritzinger my nurse

D and Ed Wilkins (my nurse) are good & so far I get along fairly with appetite, grub & sleep wh' of course

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