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  • Walter E. Dandy Letter 01/30/1910

    1214 S. Mass. Ave.

    Sedalia, Mo.

    January 30, 1910

    Well My Dear Boy,

    …It made us feel good to think that you was given the opportunity to work for Dr. Mall even if you did not want to.

    I was over at the hospital this A.M. to get some phosfate for Mama. Was talking to the drugest. He often asks about you. I told him that you desired brain surgery but Dr. Mall offered you a position in anatomy. He said he had observed many failers of doctors around here by not knowing enough of anatomy. He says the country doctor practice is hard and if a man once starts in country practice although his ambition is to finaly come in town, he never makes a success in town. I don't know enough about your business to advise you. But I think I would play safe with Dr. Mall and not refuse him untill I had tryed Cleeveland and Cushing if it was possible to defer decision untill then at least.

    I saw Bill Calkins this morning in the hospatal. He seems a little better. He says that when he is here they keep the sise of his stomic down. But when he gets away it swells up. He says look at that pile of medesine I have to take.…

    Well I wish I was able to help you decide your future welfare, but I can't. However their are lots who don't have any trouble in this direction, as they don't have any choice to select from. So that should be some consolation but some are never satisfied unless they get the best of everything. I wonder if you and I are affected this way. Well, that is the way I want to see you anyway. Get the best, then give them good service. Their is nothing would please me better than to see you holding the best position as the head of some large university where everybody, eaven your father admired you, also Dr. Cushing.…

    Your affectionate Father

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