Tuesday, January 27:
R. has erysipelas and remains in bed in a state of lethargy, broken only by expressions of ill humor. His condition deteriorates in the evening to the extent that he can eat nothing, but the doctor is not worried.
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of January 27, 1880
Overview
R. was confined to bed with erysipelas and grew increasingly lethargic and irritable, though the doctor remained unconcerned. By evening he could no longer eat, and his only activity was lying still in a worsening state of illness.