Charlotte Brontë's letter to Dr Epps, 1848.

Charlotte Brontë's letter to Dr Epps, 1848. Desperate to alleviate her sister Emily's suffering, just ten days before she died, Charlotte Brontë' wrote to the homeopathic Dr Epps recommended by her publishers in London. She describes in chilling detail her sister's paroxysms of coughing, her lack of appetite, racing pulse and her refusal to accept medication.
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