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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Norman Mudd
Report on Alostrael's [Leah Hirsig] Health 30 October - 10 November 1923
1. Cough. Has disappeared
entirely, bar when she smokes. Her throat is very sensitive.
She is vowed not to smoke at all (even kif) till
2. Sleep. Perfectly normal in all ways.
3. Collapse. Has not occurred at all. Very long tedious walk 2.15 P.M. - 3.30 P.M. and 5.15 P.M. - 6.30 P.M. combined with bad weather next day left us both rather tired for 24 hours afterwards; but there was not a trace of the old familiar alarming flop.
4. Appetite. Quite normal: healthier than for many months.
5. Digestion. Defecation
rather irregular, but all right. Depends on various
[illegible] interferences: e.g. occasional us of
No flatulence, acidity, or other nuisances.
6. Smoking. See 1 supra.
7. Drink. Calls for no remark.
8. Nursing. Needs little attention, though female friends still desirable to arrange all responsibilities.
9. Univ. Med. Have not thought it necessary to administer any further doses. May do so "to replace [illegible] when IX° - XI° work is in [illegible].
10. Mental State. Oh Hell and Damnation! Well enough to throw Daisy Muller [?] at me
I walloped her good and plenty with much benefit to her, and so made myself cry like a baby for several hours afterwards. She crys all the time, butts in and balks me every time I give—at her express request—any necessary order to a servant, scraps, sulks, fumes, snarls, snaps, [illegible] smashes everything smashable for 40 miles all round— and in general showing every sign of complete restoration to her own bright lively little self.
11. Exercise. Walks (when not running) at 4 1/2 miles an hour. Swinging and doing barbell [illegible] with my Bronze [illegible]: balances it on her foot, walks with me and [illegible] (my 12-year old pal) pelts dogs with stones and clods, jumps big ditches, leaps through bonfires, breaks through bridges, walks up rapids, dances in market-place in my cloak, argues with Arabs, and tries to hammer intelligence into a Swiss [illegible] trying to become a Consul.
12. Work. See report of Visions. Has done casual copying and writing letters when she feels that way. I avoid urging her; in fact, I dissuade her as much as I can without making her [illegible] by anxious [illegible].
Summary. If I did not know how ill she had been, I would never suspect anything wrong. Her complexion is [illegible] the skin smooth, glowing, [illegible], neither too moist nor too dry. She's certainly gaining flesh, firm and elastic.
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P.S. Send this news to A.1. won't you? She'll be glad to know how well her mother is!
Of course, I don't forget for a minute that any break in the course of cure would risk a complete relapse at once. She needs 3 months at least from now.
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