Dr. Cyril Horsford in England
from His Eye Is On the Sparrow, page 210:
I became more alarmed than ever about my throat while I was appearing in England's most famous music hall. After the first show each day I could hardly whisper. My agents sent me to the Honorable Dr. Cyril Horsford, the great throat specialist. Dr. Horsford examined me and said I had a nodule (in plain language, a wart) on my left vocal cord. He advised an operation, though he warned me it might be dangerous. When I heard his fee for such an operation was £150 ($750), I said I couldn't afford it. He prescribed drops which at one time took my voice away. But the treatments of Professor… more >>
Charles Samuels and Ethel Waters, His Eye Is On the Sparrow (1950), p. 210. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430389393995 accessed: 5 December, 2024
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Listening to
hide composersTrav'lin All Alone | performed by Ethel Waters |
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Medium | playback |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |