Mr. Lanham's Diary: July 1, 1926

Anne seeks more help for the poison oak rash

“Much warmer during the day — real summertime again,” Mr. Lanham wrote. That must have added to the misery of his poor wife, who was “suffering quite a bit” from the poison oak rash on her face and neck. “Dr. Lewis gave her an x-ray treatment,” her husband wrote.

According to Nancy Loveday Smith, a Rome historian, “Dr. W H. Lewis was a famous diagnostic…