TO DR. LITTLEDALE
Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset. January 11, 1913.
Dear Dr. Littledale,—Many thanks for your kind congratulations and good wishes.[48] I am glad to say I feel still able to jog on a few years longer in this very good world—for those who can make the best of it.
I am now suffering most from "eczema," which has settled in my legs, so that I cannot stand or walk for any length of time. Perhaps that is an outlet for something worse, as I still enjoy my meals, and usually feel as well as ever, though I have to be very careful as to what I eat.—With best wishes for your prosperity, yours very truly,
ALFRED R. WALLACE.
TO DR. NORRIS
Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset. October 4, 1913.
My dear Dr. Norris,—Except for a continuous weakness I seem improving a little in general health, and the chronic rheumatic pain in my right shoulder has almost passed away in the last month (after about three years), and I can impute it to nothing but about a quarter of a pint a day of Bulmer's Cider! A most agreeable medicine! [pg 137]
The irritability of the skin, however, continues, though the inflammation of the legs has somewhat diminished....