Mary Seacole
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capt_facepalmTitle: Mary Seacole
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Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Dr John H. Watson and a great lady of her time
Summary: Watson pays a house-call
Warnings: (Doctors DO make the worst patients)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 7th prompt: (Crossover with character(s) from another fictional universe or from actual history)
Soho Square
February 1881
‘Mrs Seacole? I’m Dr Watson. Dr Stamford sent me to see you today.’
‘You should call me “Mother”. All my boys do.’
‘Your boys?’
‘Soldiers, dear.’
‘Of course. I did not wish to presume.’
‘You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive. —Don’t be embarrassed. I know my tropical diseases and you still bear marks of the typhoid.’
‘Erm… Mrs—Mother, I’m supposed to be examining you, not t’other way around.’
‘Yes, my lamb. You will remind me of my tricky heart and forbid my eating fatty foods. Now heed an old doctress’ advice: Before you resume doctoring, heal thyself first.’
.oOOo.
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Recommended Reading:
Beaton, Kate; Mary Seacole; Hark A Vagrant, (online), accessed 2013.
Seacole, Mary; Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands; Blackwood, London, 1857.
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capt_facepalmRating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Dr John H. Watson and a great lady of her time
Summary: Watson pays a house-call
Warnings: (Doctors DO make the worst patients)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 7th prompt: (Crossover with character(s) from another fictional universe or from actual history)
Soho Square
February 1881
‘Mrs Seacole? I’m Dr Watson. Dr Stamford sent me to see you today.’
‘You should call me “Mother”. All my boys do.’
‘Your boys?’
‘Soldiers, dear.’
‘Of course. I did not wish to presume.’
‘You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive. —Don’t be embarrassed. I know my tropical diseases and you still bear marks of the typhoid.’
‘Erm… Mrs—Mother, I’m supposed to be examining you, not t’other way around.’
‘Yes, my lamb. You will remind me of my tricky heart and forbid my eating fatty foods. Now heed an old doctress’ advice: Before you resume doctoring, heal thyself first.’
.oOOo.
Please sign the guestbook
Recommended Reading:
Beaton, Kate; Mary Seacole; Hark A Vagrant, (online), accessed 2013.
Seacole, Mary; Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands; Blackwood, London, 1857.
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Date: 2013-07-09 06:11 pm (UTC)Mrs Seacole was very fond of her boys and they adored her.
So if some wan ex-army doctor showed up at her door, I picture her giving him a wee scolding, adjusting his scarf, and then sending him on his way with a plateful of biscuits and enough cab fare to return to Baker Street.
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Date: 2013-07-09 07:50 pm (UTC)She was a contemporary of Florence Nightingale and the contrasts between these pioneers of nursing make an interesting study. I hope you enjoy!
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