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Day in the Life

Apr 19, 1859

Journal Entry

April 19, 1859 ~ Tuesday

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I laid hands upon Brother Hawkins & Blessed him he looks
as well as could be expected after such an awful operation
I washed brined & limed 10 bushels of wheat to put on 5 acres
I spent a short time in the office & President D. H. Wells called
in & I accompanied him to the House of George Alley soon
the surgeons came to cut his right Eye out he had tumor
grown in the back part of his Eye which had pushed his Eye
out of head about an inch & bursted the ball they gave him
cloriform in 10 minutes he was insensible they took his
Eye out in about 10 minutes more he lay asleep all the time
& was not sensible of any thing during the operation when he
came to Brother Wells asked him if he knew what they had
been doing he did not know Brother Wells told him they had
taken his Eye he said thank God for it. I annointed him
Brother Wells was mouth in administering to him. He
rather felt as though he would get well a hard substance had
form about 2 inches long & about 2 inches in circumference the
bone was effected & they were afraid it was a canser if so
there may be danger of its forming again

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Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
Alley, George
1792-1859
4 mentions
Hawkins, Leo
19 Jul 1834 - 28 May 1859
17 mentions

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Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Apr 19, 1859