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received your two letters, & was glad to get them— —Mother has been quite sick, & I have been sort of nurse

request a few days ago Yes I will gladly write for the Century an article on the Hospitals & Hospital Nursing

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

had sent you word not to—all right now tho—it is ab't sun-down—I am waiting for my supper—My young nurse

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

onnor] (f'm the wife ) to day, & I am gloomy—Dr B[ucke] writes me every day & cheerily—Horace & my nurse

Shillaber's paper, if he were willing to publish it, stating that I am now as a volunteer nurse among

him—Mother, such things are awful—not a soul here he knew or cared about, except me—yet the surgeons & nurses

.—& a great staff of surgeons, cadets, women & men nurses &c &c.

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

dirty & torn, & many pale as ashes, & all bloody—I distributed all my stores, gave partly to the nurses

If Miss Hill in ward F or the lady nurse in ward E cares about reading it to the boys in those wards

wish to hear about them—every one is so unfeeling, it has got to be an old story—there is no good nursing—O

Alfred has good accommodations where he is, & a good doctor, & nursing—so you must not worry about him

D sick quite badly—neuralgia—Warry my nurse is helpful & good—of course I am up now & sitting by the

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

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

Howard's sister Sallie is very sick, I think typhoid fever, & I have been out to-day trying to get a nurse

I got a good nurse for them, as their nurse had to leave.

Respectfully Walt Whitman This is Warren Fritzinger, my nurse & friend— Walt Whitman to George Ferguson

common simples of domestic practice; and the third class he left to the common-sense management of the nurses

or, in other words, that his sore head would be good Black Republican capital, and as such he would nurse

on the go night and day, personally ministering to hundreds and thousands, healing the wounded and nursing

friends from seeing me)—& for a month or so I was in a horrible plight—a nuisance to myself & all—but my nurse

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

wanted, all ab't, mainly & detailedly O'C's condition & every thing relating to him —(a good strong man nurse

You must remember that I am housekeeper, nurse, marketer, & have to see that the house is decent, if

So far I am the only nurse, & if you have been as badly off as he is, you may have some idea of what

You will ask why we don't have a nurse & the answer is William does not want one, & is not ready yet,

big chair by the fire, the stove—it is sharp & cold, bright & sunny—Ed Wilkins (my young Kanuck, my nurse

Phil: Record Nov 24 As I write Ed W is making up the bed—he is a good nurse to me & does well—I believe

threatening rain—My sister Lou this forenoon with a nice chicken & some Graham biscuits—Warren (my nurse

the third day—A young rather green fellow, Charles Sterrit, came over here as candidate for my new nurse

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

Fritzinger, has just been up to see me—I like the two fellows, & they do me good (his brother Warren is my nurse

22 '89 Fine sunny weather continued—Warren Fritzinger , one of Mrs D's sailor boys, is acting as my nurse

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

—have had a good currying bout—I sometimes fancy I get the vitalest ones I ever had f'm my present nurse

here alone in my den—one bunch of flowers on the table at my left & another on the right—& Warren my nurse

well—Logan writes—am sitting here dully enough—stupid—no exhilaration—no massage or wheel-chair to day—my nurse

has disappear'd for the day—now 3½ oclock—If I had a good hospital, well conducted—some good nurse—to

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

Sunday Evn'g Dec: 29 '89 Much the same things &c: continued—feeling dull & stupid—dark bad weather—my nurse

the same—Mr Musgrove rec'd a note from our friend Harned this morning that after Monday next a new nurse

season, or put it aside altogether—I suppose Edward Wilkins will be here to-morrow—Mr M, my present nurse

Camden Oct:31 '89 "The same subject continued"—good bowel passage last evn'g— my sailor boy nurse (Warren

ab't 120—remain in good spirits— Walt Whitman the proofs &c don't hurt me—I don't worry them—the new nurse

night—(Ed goes—I am favorable)—& besides Dr Baker "graduates" this afternoon—you know he is my first nurse—last

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

afternoon—Tom Harned last evn'g—Geo: Stafford (the elder) yesterday—Cool weather here—fine sunny—My nurse

here the same in cane chair in my Mickle Street den—the big whistle has sounded 1 o'clock—my good nurse

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

I got over the 4th favorably—am sitting here by the window as usual—have had a good supper—My nurse has

have a good strong tight cane chair & get out in it almost every day —propell'd by my stout young man nurse

we can—most likely profit by them—As I sit here alone, in my big old 2d story room "den," my young nurse