The ill health of Richard Wagner / George M. Gould.

  • Gould, George Milbrey, 1848-1922.
Date:
[1903]
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Credit: The ill health of Richard Wagner / George M. Gould. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    t‘seKs:.w*»- -^1 the southwest of Ziivich, too ill to think of any Siegfrieds for \ the iiioiiieiit. ., i., On the whole, these ten weeks at Alhishrunn appeal to have done him temporary good, but rather as a eliange of air and scene, a relaxation of niental strain, than in aiiv other way. His humor does not forsake him, and it is liere that his gigantic plan matures; but when one reads of the treatment to which he is subjected, one can feel noth- i„o. save ainazenient at the power of resistance innate in liis constitution. This is how lie describes the -cure, a fortnight ere its termination: “Hy daily program: 1. From o:30 RICirAP.D WAOXER. From Ruhenstein's arrangement of the vocal score of TannhUnser. *This photograph probably formed the basis of Len- bach's realistic drawing. to 7 in the morning, cold pack; then cold tub. Wanne and promenade; breakfast at 8, dry bread and milk or water (no butter allowed, as he says in another letter). 2. Short prom- enade again! then a cold compress. 3. Towards 12 o'clock a wet rub-down; short promenade; another compress.- Then din- ner in my room, to avoid disrelish (was it, or tJie sight ,of other victims, so nasty?'). An hour of idling; brisk walk of two hours—alone. 4. About o o'clock another wet rub-down and a little promenade. .). Hi]) bath for a (piarter of an