The Complete Works Of Count Tolstoy

This Historic Book May Have Numerous Typos And Missing Text. Purchasers Can Download A Free Scanned Copy Of The Original Book (without Typos) From The Publisher. Not Indexed. Not Illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ... So We Said That The Question Is Like This: To Sustain Nutrition And To Build Up The Nerves. Both Are Connected, And It Is Necessary To Act On Both Sides Of The Circle. What About A Journey Abroad? Asked The Family Physician. I Am Opposed To Journeys Abroad. Let Me Tell You: If There Is A Beginning Of The Tuberculous Process, Which We Cannot Know, A Journey Abroad Will Be Of No Avail. What Is Needed Is A Means For Sustaining Nutrition Without Doing Any Harm. And The Famous Doctor Expounded His Plan Of Curing By Means Of Soden Waters, The Chief Purpose In Deciding In Their Favour Being Obviously That They Could Do No Harm. The Family Physician Listened Attentively And Respectfully. But In Favour Of A Journey Abroad I Should Urge A Change Of Habit, A Removal From The Conditions Which Call Forth Reminiscences. And Then, The Mother Wants It, He Said. Ah! In That Case I Do Not Care, Let Them Go; Only, Those German Charlatans Will Spoil The Whole Matter--they Must Obey Us--well, Let Them Go! He Looked At His Watch Again. Oh, It Is Time! And He Went To The Door. The Famous Doctor Announced To The Princess (a Feeling Of Decency Urged Him On To It) That He Had To See The Patient Once More. What, Examine Her Once More! The Mother Exclaimed In Terror. Oh, No; Just A Few Details, Princess. If You Please. And The Mother, Accompanied By The Doctor, Entered The Drawing-room, Where Kitty Was. Emaciated And Blushing, With A Peculiar Sparkle In Her Eyes, Due To The Indignity To Which She Had Been Subjected, Kitty Was Standing In The Middle Of The Room. When The Doctor Entered, She Blushed, And Her Eyes Were Filled With Tears. Her Whole Illness And The Cure Seemed To Her So S...