I would like to have two short-sleeved shirts for operation purpose.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1937
Letter ID: 1973
Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar
June 18, 1937
I sounded A. He says he could wait and see how the new drug is going to act. But what’s this blood-examination for? One examines blood for malaria, anaemia and syphilis...
The blood examination is A’s own suggestion. He says his uncle died of pernicious anaemia and how can we know that he is not suffering from pernicious anaemia without a blood examination? It is no use discussing the matter scientifically. If you don’t want him to die of pernicious anaemia like his uncle or of the imagination of it, the safest course is to have his blood examined and satisfy him that he has not got it – then he may consent to live. Our own idea is the consultation with Valle, for which we have a yet unspoken reason – we will see. If not anaemia pernicious or otherwise, he has got hypercholericitis1. Nothing to do with cholera, by the way.
I was rather surprised to hear that Amal has given Dover’s powder capsule to L. It contains, as you know, opium, and to give opium without knowing much about it is rather risky.
L had told Mother Amal wanted to give her something which was not a medicine! Dover’s powder is not a medicine?
I would like to have two short-sleeved shirts for operation purpose.
Yes. Ask Romen to do them.
The word “bright” has been repeated. I suppose I could have improved the poem.
Bright, birds, clouds and now the infinite (by my fault) are repeated. Hang it all, sir, let them repeat to their heart’s content.
Do you think this recent sentimentality could be due to Harm’s influence?
No.
I am reading his lyrics at present, so an unconscious imitation of his style?
I don’t know. Harin’s sentimentality is of a different kind.
1 A mock medical term coined by Sri Aurobindo for irascibility.