Ree.. April 20 Konigsberß^, Aüril l,lS?7 
Ans. Kay 6 
Dear Zn^elriamr I 
I '^ite to anr.o^;ce a loss to you,which will touch you yourself 
as Brach as we have beeir hit- Alexander Brauir is not livlng any more - 
he died on Maundy Thtirsday, March 27 in the mortiVk at 7:35 of infla- 
mation of the breast-ca^e (rleuresy, E.D.).. 
He took Sick durinj? the night fron Wednesday to Thiirsday.MarclT 
21/22 1877. with. as he thotiirht. rheumatic pajns in the lungs and 
with fever, 
The 22. and 23. of March were tolerable. On March 2k appeared: 
pains in the Shoulder and abdominal muscles;» Durini^ the af temoon^ 
his doctor, Dr. Strassmann prescribed norphine. The next ni*?ht was^ 
tolerable«. Sunday, the 25th the attack recurred with nore fever; 
morphine did not work.. DurinjEr the night Sunday to Honday breathing- 
very 
became^dif f icultr , so that the father be^an to talk of his death-.. 
Between 4 and 5 in the mornina- the chil-^ren were waked up because 
the end is feared'.-The father giTes certai>" instnactions about his 
collections etc.. of which I have rot vet learred any details*. 
Moriiy, March 26 Dr. St-^assmann is there already at 7 AM^.and^ and 
brings Prof .Waldenburg for consultation.diagnosing an inflamatioir of 
the left side of the breast, orierin^ 10 cuppin^ blasses, 2 bloody 
and 8 dry. . Tuesday, March 2? early. Julie, who awol^e. called all mem^ , 
bers of the fanily to the bei cf t-e father^ Johannes was also there.. 
The father- tak es leave frcn all,blesses therr.and pr^s with them.talks 
to Johannes and conveys greetings to all absent ones by their nanes^,. 
Then he falls asleep.but awakes with great pains^.and calls all the 
time for deliverance thrcu^h death as-ain ==nd a^ain.. ;^.en Strassnan^n: 
gets the-e at ? AM, he finds the sickness not yet adva^ed to the ulti- 
mate Staate and neither does Waldenburg later,and the father is bein^ 
ur^ed to take ne-^icine». which he nefused- in the ccnviction, that he 
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