CP 05640/en
Maurice Bize to Marcel Proust 10 April 1915
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I the undersigned Doctor of Medicine certify that Monsieur Proust Marcel suffers from very violent, daily asthmatic attacks, along with generalized emphysema. These circumstances have resulted in cardial dilation. Further to which symptoms of renal failure have resulted in a very restricted lacto-vegetarian diet.
For many years Monsieur Proust has been bedridden and in a state of such pronounced physical decline that it would be impossible for him to appear before the Medical Board.
Paris 10 April 1915[1]
Dr Bize.
Dr Bize 60 avenue La Bourdonnais