V. I.

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To:   LYDIA KNIPOVICH

Dear Lydia Mikhailovna, I am sending you a postcard I have bought for you with a plan of Berne
and a note of the necessary addresses.

I strongly advise you to go to Berne: you must receive treatment, and
Kocher is the only one who can cure you. I have made inquiries of
every kind, looked up medical literature (a big book by the son, Albert
Kocher, on goitre), consulted physicians in Berne, and I speak from
experience.

Write to Professor Kocher in September asking him to make a definite
appointment (and mentioning that you dispose only of such-and-such
a sum, otherwise you’ll have to face the unpleasant prospect of haggling
with the tight fisted Frau Professor). He will answer, fixing a
date when he can receive you. Then you can start out. Life in
Berne is cheap. We’ll give you introductions to Shklovsky and
Shenderovich—they will help you. In a few months you will forget that you
were an invalid.

All the best. We shall be seeing you soon.

Yours,
V.I.

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