Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters

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Editorials1 November 1997Gustav Mahler: Memories and LettersAlma MahlerAlma MahlerSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-127-9-199711010-00013 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail He had difficulty in breathing and was given oxygen. Then uraemia-and the end. Chvostek was summoned. Mahler lay with dazed eyes: one finger was conducting on the quilt. There was a smile on his lips and twice he said: “Mozart!” His eyes were very big. I begged Chvostek to give him a large dose of morphia so that he might feel nothing more. He replied in a loud voice. I seized his hands: “Talk softly, he might hear you.”-“He hears nothing now.”How terrible the callousness of doctors is in such moments. And how did he know that he could ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 November 1997Volume 127, Issue 9Page: 841KeywordsBreathingMemoryMorphineOxygen ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 1 November 1997 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1997 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...

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