[Manchester,] Sunday, 1 May 64 
6.50 p.m. 

Dear Moor, 

I have just been to see Lupus, who also had Gumpert and 
Borchardt with him. They don’t agree over the diagnosis, which 
doesn’t matter a rap for the time being, since it’s a question of 
restoring his strength first, and here G. at once intervened more 
energetically. Yesterday I asked B. about port but he thought that, 
as L. wasn’t quite lucid, he would be better without it and, only 
this morning, suggested—Spanish fly! Today Lupus is to get a 
beerglassful of champagne every 2 hours and this evening will, in 
addition, be given brandy in the seer rea he takes in between times. 
That scoundrel Borchardt who only last Wednesday let ten ounces 
of his blood!!* For the rest, the situation is very bad, because 
whichever diagnosis may be right, one is as bad as the other. B.’s 
diagnosis is meningitis, inflammation of the inner scalp with a 
tendency to suppurate. G. hadn’t yet been able to make one this 
morning, but thought that, in addition to the above, there might 
be uraemia (passage of urine into the blood as a result of 
degeneration of the kidneys) or anaemia with a localised affection 
of the nervous system. He had anothtr call to make after the 
consultation, and so I was unable to talk to him at any length; as 
soon as I have heard his opinion I shall write to you. 

I should like you to come up tomorrow for a few days. 
foresee that I shall be very busy this week, and it’s always a good 
thing, of course, if one of us sees the doctors a couple of times a 
day and promptly obtains whatever has to be obtained. Besides, it 
would be very nice for me anyway. If you are coming, send me a 
telegram from your station of departure to 7 Southgate, St. Mary’s; 
it only costs a shilling. : 

In order to force his hand over the consultation, I was 
compelled to tell B. yesterday that you had just as much 
confidence in G. as I had and that, if Lupus were to die, you 
would never forgive me had I failed to call G. in for a 

593 J 

* See this volume, p. 518. 

consultation. He took it very badly, but we are certainly not going 
to allow Lupus to be murdered for the sake of this bastard’s 
vanity. 

Your 
F. E.