“The sisters thronged about my wagon, all anxious to do something to relieve me. . . . The shaking ague fastened deathless fangs upon me, from which there was no escape! . . . The sisters were moved with sympathy. They assembled at my tent, prayed, anointed me with oil, and laid their hands upon me.”

-Louisa Barnes Pratt

Quoted by Kathleen C. Perrin in Louisa Barnes Pratt, Self-Reliant Missionary Wife, found here.