Dr. Margaret Holloway
Physician, Arkham General; volunteer, Southside Mission
- Age
- 38
- From
- New England
- Lives
- Saltonstall Street Mansions
- Now
- In Arkham
Before Arkham's business
One of three women on the hospital staff. Served in a field hospital at Étaples. Gives two evenings a week to Sister Keane's clinic.
Calm, precise, kind in action rather than word. Trusts the body's evidence over anyone's story.
Afraid of
A patient she cannot help · Losing her own mind
Believes
Every symptom has a cause. Some causes are not yet described.
From the journal
Lowell sought my opinion on an absurd theory. I advised rest and took my leave. It was about the figure at Arkham Historical Society. The mind under prolonged stress will fabricate patterns. That is basic neurology.
Mission evening. Lance boiled water for seventy needles. Three cases of rickets in infants. The stethoscope does not lie, and neither does my own wrist.
Tired. Tea. Bed early. The body obeys natural laws, even in its most grotesque failures.
Dressed an ulcer on an old mill-hand. He gave me a turnip from his garden. Good trade. Tired.
Tired. Tea. Bed early. There is a physical cause.