Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (early February 1886) ... another reason, and I didn't
know that my stomach had deteriorated to such a degree. It is
stupid if you will, but sometimes one has to choose between two
evils, and is trapped on both sides.
During the last month it began to trouble...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (20-28 February 1886) ... on drawing
from the casts for a time.
I guess my health is improving a little, at least in that I
can digest my food a little better. But it always remains
unsteady, and it varies from one day to the next. I have
finished another drawing...
Letters from Theo van Gogh to his Family (1885 - 1887) ... for he had lost almost all
his teeth through the bad condition of his stomach. The doctor
says that he has now quite recovered.
Theo to mother
July 1886
He is progressing tremendously in his work and this is
proved by the...
Lettre de Vincent van Gogh à Theo van Gogh (c. 14 March 1888) ... ma part. Est ce que ta santé est bien ?
pour ce qui est
de la mienne cela va mieux, seulement c'est une vraie corvée de manger, vu que
j'ai de la fièvre et pas d'appétit, mais cela n'est donc que passager
et affaire de patience....
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 14 March 1888) ... Remember me kindly to Koning. Are you well? I am better
myself, except that eating is a real ordeal, since I have a touch
of fever and no appetite, but it's only a question of time and
patience.
I have company in the evening, for the young...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (9 April 1888) ... constitution. The
only thing is that my stomach has been terribly weak since I
came here, but after all that's probably only a matter of time.
I hope to make great progress this year, and indeed I need
to.
I have another...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 21 April 1888) ... and eat two eggs every morning.
My stomach is
very weak, but I hope to be able to get it right; it will take
time and patience. In any case I am really much better already than in Paris.
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Emile Bernard (c. 21 April 1888) ... 1 in the air
here.
For the moment I am still lying low and keeping
very quiet, for first of all I must recover from a stomach disorder of
which I am the happy owner, but after that I shall have to make
a lot of noise, as I aspire to share...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (1 May 1888) ... I am better than I was in Paris, and if my
stomach has become terribly weak, it's
a trouble I picked up there and most likely due to the bad wine, which I drank too much of. The
wine is just as bad here, but I drink very little of it.