Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1937

Letter ID: 2041

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

September 9, 1937

[The first 2 reports were written by Dr. Becharlal.]

P has been getting slight fever nowadays. You will see here the prescription...

Mother says that it would be better to give him Indian medicines out of plants, like Sudarshan or something similar instead of these drugs. Purani had offered some sort of preparation which is given in such cases. Mother would like to know if it can be given.

He is to continue soup of vegetables, if he cannot digest milk. He says he gets nausea by taking milk. He needs rest.

He has been given complete rest for several days; but he is restless and wants to do some work. But he did a little yesterday after the milk which had upset his digestion and become worse. He had been rapidly getting better before that with a medicine given by Pavitra, but which is now exhausted. He was asked again to take complete rest. He says however that you have told him he can do some light work.

I find that Dr. Becharlal has forgotten to mention P’s diagnosis: his eyes were deep yellow, colour of the face also faintly so. Rate of heart 58. No liver enlargement or diminution. So it is diagnosed as jaundice.

Most of these facts were given by B in a letter this morning. But there was. no mention of the non-enlargement of liver. It was that Mother especially wanted to know.