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 (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....