Diseases
Found in 331 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 02 Jan 1932
Receipt from Dr Foster Kennedy (New York [United States]), for 250 dollars, for treatment of WSC following his road accident.
(Untitled), 28 Dec 1931
Telegram from WSC to Dr Hartigan (Gloucester Terrace,[London]), asking if he had details of WSC's normal blood pressure. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 25 Oct 1922
Letter from Sir John Asser (Government House, Bermuda) to WSC commiserating with him over his operation, hoping that he will soon return to the Colonial Office, describing conditions in Bermuda including the exploitation of tourists and the trouble with mosquitoes and referring to WSC's move [to Chartwell]: "those hills where you are to be take a lot of beating & the neighbourhood has not yet become cockneyfied.".
(Untitled), 20 May 1924
Letter from Sir Eric Geddes (55 & 56 Pall Mall, London) to WSC trusting that CSC is not seriously ill, agreeing with WSC on electricity and the repopulation of the countryside by garden cities, advocating the development of rural industrial centres and recommending that WSC should talk to Charles Merz about electricity.
(Untitled), 20 May 1924
Letter from [WSC] to Sir Eric Geddes reporting that CSC is resting under doctor's orders and expressing the wish to talk to Geddes about electrical development, on which WSC will touch at his meeting in Birmingham. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), [Jul] [1925]
(Untitled), 14 Dec 1905
Telegram from L H Pariser, Treasurer of the Austro- Hungarian Benevolent Society (35 Faulkner Street, Manchester) to WSC (105 Mount Street) congratulating him on his appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and wishing him a speedy recovery.
(Untitled), 27 Mar 1907
Letter from Reginald McKenna (House of Commons) to WSC on: the Small Holdings Bill and Lewis Harcourt's planned promotion to the Cabinet; dinner with the Japanese Minister of Education; therapeutic breathing exercises; appointment of a permanent secretary to the Colonial Conference.
(Untitled), 23 Apr 1904
Letter from John Gunn, surgeon (Luss, Dumbartonshire, [Scotland]), to WSC praising him and attacking his critics, but also advising him [with reference to his recent lapse of memory in the House of Commons] to slow down the pace of his activity.
(Untitled), 04 May 1904
Letter from Clifford Deane (17 Fairlight Avenue, Harlesden, London) to WSC on loss of memory arising from ill health. Signed typescript annotated by Deane and in shorthand.
(Untitled), 01 Dec 1905
Letter from Samuel Smethurst (Coldhurst House, Longsight, Oldham, [Lancashire]) to WSC (Canford Manor, [Dorset]) commiserating with him on his ill-health and urging him to rest. Refers to the candidates for the Oldham election and urges the Liberal party to make a definite statement of policy on Ireland.
(Untitled), 25 Apr 1904
Letter from John Seely, (later Lord Mottistone), 25 Queen's Gate Gardens, London, to WSC, on WSC's attack of "defective cerebration", enclosing letter from Dr G H R Dabbs, (a leading brain specialist) to Seely, dated 23 April.
(Untitled), 21 Mar 1943
(Untitled), 08 Apr 1925
Letter from Sir Percy Sargent to WSC, giving advice on WSC's injured knee.
(Untitled), 01 May 1925
Prescription for WSC.
(Untitled), 22 Apr 1922
Letter from [Edward Marsh] to Edmund Cook Wheater reporting that he has sent David Hunter's application [to be a Chancery Visitor in Lunacy] to the secretary of the Lord Chancellor and that WSC has had a riding accident. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 18 Oct 1922
Letter from Edward Marsh to Captain Albert Larking, secretary of the Early Closing Association (30-40 Ludgate Hill, [London]) stating that the date of the general election is still uncertain and that WSC is feeling better. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 18 Oct 1922
Letter from Charles Hutchings, honorary secretary of the Bristol City National Liberal Council (67 Robertson Road, Eastville, Bristol) to WSC (Colonial Office) expressing regret at his indisposition and hoping that he will be able to visit at a later date.
(Untitled), 25 Oct 1922
Letter from Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge] (Buckingham Palace) to WSC expressing the hope of King George V that WSC's health is improving and his regret that WSC was not able personally to hand over his seal of office. Promises that his submission to the King for a GCMG for Sir John Chancellor will be attended to.
(Untitled), 27 Oct 1922
Letter from Peter Larkin (19 Victoria Street, London) to WSC welcoming the improvement in his health but regretting his resignation as Secretary of State for the Colonies, and remembering WSC's kindness to him when they first met.
(Untitled), 29 Oct 1922
Letter from Sir Herbert Samuel [later Lord Samuel] (High Commissioner's Office, Jerusalem, [Palestine]) to WSC on the largely satisfactory political situation in Palestine over the last two years, Simon's lack of regret that he is not standing in the general election, given the current state of Liberalism, and WSC's recovery from his operation.
(Untitled), 17 Nov 1922
Letter from "Charley" [7th Lord Londonderry] (Christ Church, Oxford) to WSC expressing distress at WSC's defeat at Dundee [Angus, Scotland], describing his own campaigning in County Durham and urging WSC to rest after his operation.
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1922
Letter from [WSC] (2 Sussex Square) to Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge] describing how his campaign was truncated due to his illness, announcing his intention of leaving for the Mediterranean on December 1 and stating that he is available to see King George V any time before then. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1922
Letter from William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech] (Colonial Office) to WSC thanking him for his letter [on Gore's appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies], sympathising with him over his appendicitis and his defeat in Dundee [Angus, Scotland], noting "the systematic and thorough way in which revolutionary economics have been taught to the younger men" and taking this as evidence that "sooner or later we shall have a big fight with Socialism in this country.".
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1922
Letter from 2nd Lord Lytton (Governor's Camp, Bengal, [parts of Bangladesh and India]) to WSC commiserating with him on his illness and election defeat, congratulating him on his achievements, reporting that the break-up of the Coalition came as a surprise in India, wondering what WSC, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and David Lloyd George will do now, reporting that although he is enjoying his work in India he gets home-sick, and inviting WSC to visit him.