Letter from Joseph Heber Larson, 13 May 1898
Mayfield, .
Pres. Wilford Woodruff.
Dear Brother:
Last July I promiced to take
a mission to the Southern States on or before
July next. The principal reason that I
asked for a year was to cure myself of a secret
disease, spermatorreah. The cause of the di-
seas was, I think, the discontinueation of work
and going to school.
I still have it, not bad, but worse than
I feel safe with. I am strong, active
and hearty. Sound in mind and body
I think. I am twenty-four years old and
unmarried.
I hated to speak of this, but thought it
necessary. I would not like for the people of
town to know it. I have consulted a doctor.
I am now at your disposal. I thought
that it would be better for me not to go just yet.
Your Brother in the Gospel,
Heber Larson.
See over.
