Translations:CP 05641/3/en
I the undersigned[1], being a doctor at Beaujon Hospital[2], certify to having given repeated medical attention[3], over fifteen years, to Monsieur Marcel Proust, for an asthma that gave rise to bouts of dyspnoea of such violence, severity and persistence in duration, that he is obliged to spend most of his time in bed or in his bedroom, and which preclude him from engaging in regular occupation. As a consequence of his illness and the medications to which he is subjected almost continually, M. Marcel Proust has furthermore been subject to perennial nervous disorders and has demonstrated most notably a state of asthenia, sufficient to require complete immobility. I consider that he is incapable of withstanding the slightest fatigue and that he is unfit for any form of military service.