| Description | These comprise reports on blood tests and other medical examinations and doctors reports and recommendations based on these tests. The file also includes business cards for doctors at the Contrexeville spa in eastern France where Cynthia spent some time in the autumn of 1932 and a letter to Cynthia from C.F.Shaw, wife of George Bernard Shaw, 4, Whitehall Court, London, Sept 1928 containing contact details for a Dr William Cooper of 40 Park Lane. The letter suggests that this doctor offers less conventional treatment.
Cynthia's doctor in 1922 appears to have been a Dr Douglas Kirkwood. Detailed reports dating from 1930 and 1931 are issued by a Dr Obermer, based at 14A Manchester Square, London, and these include dietary recommendations, and a printed slip confirming Cynthia's pregnancy with her third child Michael in 1931. There are also medical reports relating to Cynthia's stay at the Wilbraham Nursing Home, 3 Wilbraham Place, Sloane Street, London in Feb 1932, and recommendations for medication issued by Dr Etterlen at Contrexeville spa in Aug 1932. |