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Deshpande has rightly concluded from the pulsations over the epigastric region and the neck as well as from the heavy breathing. If Dr. Eichler's conclusion to a heart disease be right, he says that digitalis should be given. But great quantities of any liquid should be avoided in the treatment of this disease. But he repeated, that without seeing the patient himself, he cannot say whether this diagnosis is absolutely right, and most earriestly entreats you to send for a first rate European doctor who is a specialist for internal diseases.
I am extremely sorry that I cannot do more for you Guru but I should advice you to follow Dr. Eichler's counsel. He is most scrupulous man and wishes from all his heart the restoration of your Guru Maharajshri. The people of your sangha, I am sure, will willingly afford the necessary means for paying the journey to a first rate doctor dwelling in another town. But Dr. Eichler insists on a first rate doctor to be consulted, as the case of His Holiness is at all events a serious one, and as his illness cannot possibly be cured by advices given by letter from afar.
I am writing this letter in the night, after having just spoken to Dr. Eichler, and shall despatch it in the morning. I received the sum of 1900 marks and shall employ it according to your directions. You will by this time, have received the books sent to you by Mr. Brockhaus; be pleased to tell me, whether you wish me to pay the bill of these books too, from this sum, in order that it should not be payed twice. I shall send you in some days a History of the War by Stegemann. I ordered it a fortnight ago; but as I was ill for some weeks myself, I was not able to leave my house. The book will be
sent to you through Mr. Haessel, who is a very good and Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
