van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(15-16 July 1882)
... home much more bright and cheerful. I am getting on well, though I still feel very weak, but I shall get over it in time. It is not surprising when you realize that for two months now I have had indigestion, poor appetite, fever, etc., which still...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(29 and 30 July 1883)
... I am not entirely myself yet; perhaps my stomach has become too weak, judging from the
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 21 August 1883)
... strength. It is very troublesome that my stomach is upset by even the most ordinary food, and if I followed my inclination, I should only care to eat - sour apples. I don't indulge myself in this, but my stomach is weaker than it ought to...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(7 or 8 September 1883)
... some time ago, but it has disappeared again. Perhaps eggs are the best thing to restore the stomach, at least if weakness is the cause. ...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 3 February 1886)
... in this way: I may have become weak, but I have been as careful as I could not to take unwholesome food. Neither is the overexertion too great - because, notwithstanding everything, I keep up my spirits, so it is only that I am overstrained ...
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....

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