books.google.co.uk - Until the middle-aged, unmarried Isabella Bird (1831-1904) left her native Scotland for an independent life of travel, she was debilitated by illness, suffering from "neuralgia, pain in my bones, pricking like pins and needles in my limbs, excruciating nervousness, exhaustion, inflamed eyes, sore throat,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Letters_to_Henrietta.html?id=KJMV0FoMwIoC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLetters to Henrietta
