Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1936
Letter ID: 1746
Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar
October 9, 1936 (Evening)
Got your note [regarding T], just a little too late! Now I am afraid we have to wait till Monday. But X-ray of what? Lungs? What symptoms? They will ask me. A recent victim of doubt?
Not lungs – she has never had any difficulty there. Stomach,– she will indicate the place. She has had violent pains there off and on 
for periods ever since the Flood. She had them I believe in Hyderabad. There is a history of medical means to stimulate the action of some gland to produce thinness and by God, it seems to have been successful – for thin she has been ever since. I don’t know if this had anything to do with it. Confidential informations, sir.
Doubt can’t be said to be recent – she has had it in big black doses every time she had a vital fit which was almost always, but there was always a sort of faith behind. Latterly the psychic part has been growing and the fits less bad and rarer and shorter; but the general disturbance in the Asram due to D.L.-P upset her and her stomach and produced a passionate thirst for keen radiographic knowledge. This is confidential also.
Mother tells me she is vacillating in her preference between ulcer, worms and cancer! But hush! don’t let her know I told you.
[The following 3 reports were written by Dr. Becharlal.]
For getting sleep, X should be quite free from mental worries – complete mental rest is necessary.
That she simply can’t do – unless when she is in a good inner condition. Of course it is the right thing if she can do it.
A cup of hot milk at bed-time. Hot bath or hot foot-bath with mustard oil massage; evening walk etc...
All these are very good; you must choose one that she will accept.
If my Mother approves to give her any other medical treatment, I propose to give her Hingwastak Churna, acid hydrochloride dil., etc...
Mother quite approves of all that. I have said that you will give her treatment and asked her to take it. So you can see to it.