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{"id":3798,"date":"2014-04-17T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2023-06-28T09:18:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T13:18:44","slug":"the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Sarah and her Divine Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Circulating Now <em>welcomes guest blogger Robert Gottlieb. Robert is a writer and editor, and the author of<\/em> Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt<em>;<\/em> Balanchine: The Ballet Maker<em>;<\/em> Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens<em>;<\/em> <em>and<\/em> Lives and Letters. <em>From 1987 to 1992 he was the editor of<\/em> The New Yorker. <em>Before that, he served as editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster and Alfred A. Knopf, and he has edited some of the most significant books of the twentieth century, from<\/em> Catch-22 <em>to Toni Morrison\u2019s<\/em> Beloved <em>to Bill Clinton\u2019s autobiography.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"3820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-3820\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/nadar_2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3820\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/nadar_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/nadar_2.jpg?fit=1556%2C1936&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1556,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Nadar_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/nadar_2.jpg?fit=241%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/nadar_2.jpg?fit=823%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-3820 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/nadar_2.jpg?resize=241%2C300\" alt=\"A posed photograph of a young Sarah Bernhardt.\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-3820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actress Sarah Bernhardt at the Height of Her Fame<br \/><a title=\"Wikimedia Commons\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nadar_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I was working on my biography of the great French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844\u20131923) several years ago, I was startled to find on the Web a series of headlined stories in <em>The New York Times<\/em> charting her progress as she struggled to recover from the severe case of uremia that had landed her in New York\u2019s Mt. Sinai hospital:<\/p>\n<p>April 17, 1917: SARAH BERNHARDT MAY GO UNDER KNIFE<br \/>\nApril 18: SARAH BERNHARDT IS OPERATED ON\u2014SURGEONS RESORT TO ONLY HOPE OF SAVING LIFE OF ACTRESS SUFFERING FROM INFECTED KIDNEY\u2014RESTS EASILY AFTERWARDS<br \/>\nApril 20: MME. BERNHARDT BETTER\u2014Actress\u2019s Marvelous Vitality Gives Hope of Her Recovery<br \/>\nApril 21: MME. BERNHARDT GAINS\u2014Hope Now for Her Recovery\u2014Queen Alexandra Sends Message<\/p>\n<p>And so on, until April 28th, by which time she\u2019s clearly out of danger. It\u2019s the kind of coverage only a <a title=\"NLM's Circulating Now\" href=\"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/08\/13\/the-president-is-somewhat-restless-headlines\/\">President <\/a>or a Pope would receive. But then she was more famous\u2014and was famous longer\u2014than mere presidents and popes.<\/p>\n<p>Now, from the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine, comes <a title=\"NLM's Finding Aids: Emanuel Libman Papers 1885-1988\" href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/863\">a clutch of notes and telegrams and hospital records<\/a> from and about Sarah, and we learn that on April 17th, her temperature went up to 103\u00b0 and that during the operation \u201csix ounces of foul smelling pus obtained. Large irregular calculus in the pelvis, which was removed.\u201d Sarah exaggerated about a lot of things (<em>most<\/em> things?) but not about the seriousness of her medical condition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/17\\\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 272px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"272\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 204px; height: 272px;\" data-original-width=\"204\" data-original-height=\"272\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/bernhardt-18_crop\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"200\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"268\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3805\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-18_crop.png\" data-orig-size=\"760,1021\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Page from Sarah Bernhardt’s medical records. Emanuel Libman papers, 1885-1988, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emanuel Libman Papers. 1885-1988. Series II: General Correspondence, Bernhardt, Sarah, 1971-1992, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406.<\/p> <p>Transcript:<br \/> Mme. Sarah Bernhardt.<\/p> <p>April 14th, 1917: Cystoscopic examination by Dr. Buerger:<br \/> Large amount of pus washed out from left kidney.<br \/> April 16th, 1917: Leucocytes 14,400<br \/> Polys. 72%<br \/> S. L. 24<br \/> Mono. 2<br \/> Eosin. 2<\/p> <p>April 17th, 1917: Operation: Incision was made into the kidney and six ounces of foul smelling pus obtained. Large irregular calculus in the pelvis, which was removed.<br \/> April 22nd, 1917: Since the operation the sweats have let up a great deal.<br \/> Hgb. 41%<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-18_crop.png?fit=223%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-18_crop.png?fit=760%2C1021&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-18_crop.png?w=200&h=268&ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"268\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"200\" data-original-height=\"268\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Page from Sarah Bernhardt's medical records. Emanuel Libman papers, 1885-1988, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406.\" alt=\"A typed record of medical events for Sarah Bernhardt.\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 268px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 214px; height: 272px;\" data-original-width=\"214\" data-original-height=\"272\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/bernhardt-6\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"210\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"268\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3804\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-6.png\" data-orig-size=\"825,1052\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Sarah Bernhardt’s medical chart.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emanuel Libman Papers. 1885-1988. Series II: General Correspondence, Bernhardt, Sarah, 1971-1992, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406.<\/p> <p>Transcript:<br \/> 50M 4-24-10<br \/> THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL<br \/> No. 172037<br \/> Name: Mme. SARAH BERNHARDT Ward: P.P. Bed:<br \/> 1917<br \/> Date of Month | Hour | Fahr.<br \/> April 15 at 8pm \u2013 Temperature \u2013 99\u2070; Pulse \u2013 88; Respiration – 22<\/p> <p>April 16 at 8am \u2013 Temperature: 99.5\u2070; Pulse \u2013 80; Respiration – 22<br \/> April 16 at 8pm \u2013 Temperature: 99\u2070; Pulse \u2013 80; Respiration – 24<br \/> April 16 at 12am \u2013 Temperature: 99.8\u2070; Pulse \u2013 84; Respiration – 24<\/p> <p>April 17 at 10am \u2013 Temperature: 100.4\u2070; Pulse: 84-100; Respiration: 22-24<br \/> April 17 at 2pm \u2013 Temperature: 99.6\u2070; Pulse 84-100; Respiration: 22-24<br \/> April 17 at 6pm \u2013 Temperature: 99.8\u2070; Pulse 84-100; Respiration 22-24<\/p> <p>April 18 at 8am \u2013 Temperature: 103\u2070; Pulse: 96-100; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 18 at 10am \u2013 Temperature: 102.4\u2070; Pulse: 96-100; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 18 at 2pm \u2013 Temperature: 102\u2070; Pulse: 96-100; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 18 at 6pm \u2013 Temperature: 101\u2070; Pulse: 96-100; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 18 at 10pm \u2013 Temperature: 101\u2070; Pulse: 96-100; Respiration: 26-28<\/p> <p>April 19 at 6am \u2013 Temperature: 101.8\u2070; Pulse: 92-100; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 19 at 10am \u2013 Temperature: 101.6\u2070; Pulse: 92-100; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 19 at 12pm \u2013 Temperature: 101\u2070; Pulse: 92-100; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 19 at 6pm \u2013 Temperature: 100.4\u2070; Pulse: 92-100; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 19 at 10pm \u2013 Temperature: 100.4\u2070; Pulse: 92-100; Respiration: 26-28<\/p> <p>April 20 at 6am \u2013 Temperature: 100.4\u2070; Pulse: 86-92; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 20 at 10am \u2013 Temperature: 99.6\u2070; Pulse: 86-92; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 20 at 2pm \u2013 Temperature: 99.5\u2070; Pulse: 86-92; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 20 at 4pm \u2013 Temperature: 100\u2070; Pulse: 86-92; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 20 at 10pm \u2013 Temperature: 99.4\u2070; Pulse: 86-92; Respiration: 26-28<\/p> <p>April 21 at 6am \u2013 Temperature: 100.6\u2070; Pulse: 88-93; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 21 at 10am \u2013 Temperature: 100.4\u2070; Pulse: 88-93; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 21 at 2pm \u2013 Temperature: 100.2\u2070; Pulse: 88-93; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 21 at 6pm \u2013 Temperature: 99.8\u2070; Pulse: 88-93; Respiration: 26-28<br \/> April 21 at 10pm \u2013 Temperature: 100\u2070; Pulse: 88-93; Respiration: 26-28<\/p> <p>Nourishment:<br \/> Urine:<br \/> Stool:<br \/> Weight:<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-6.png?fit=235%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-6.png?fit=803%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-6.png?w=210&h=268&ssl=1\" width=\"210\" height=\"268\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"210\" data-original-height=\"268\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Sarah Bernhardt's medical chart.\" alt=\"Sarah Bernhardt's medical chart showing a 103 degree peak in fever.\" style=\"width: 210px; height: 268px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 213px; height: 272px;\" data-original-width=\"213\" data-original-height=\"272\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/bernhardt-12\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"209\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"268\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3806\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-12.png\" data-orig-size=\"543,696\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Physician’s Letter to Dr. Libman about Sarah’s case.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emanuel Libman Papers. 1885-1988. Series II: General Correspondence, Bernhardt, Sarah, 1971-1992, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406. <\/p> <p>Transcript:<br \/> Bernhardt<br \/> 5 Juillet 22<\/p> <p>My dear friend<br \/> I do not know where you live now but, if you could come in Belle-Fle (Morbihas) before sailing to America, I should be surely the happiest-man, and mostly Madam Sarah Bernholdt., the most-grateful patient. She is in very bad condition, since fifteen, after days, after an uremia crisis -: 1 gr \u2013 21 of usea by litre of blood ___ constant of armband: 0,750 ___ notable acid of serum \u2013 She is believing of you, only and should be so happy to get your acute advice.<br \/> I hope you did not yet leave, and see you here in that island, far from everybody, and very anxious.<br \/> Sincerely yours,<br \/> Dr. Marot-Sauzon<br \/> Belle-Fle Morbihas<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-12.png?fit=234%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-12.png?fit=543%2C696&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-12.png?w=209&h=268&ssl=1\" width=\"209\" height=\"268\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"209\" data-original-height=\"268\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Physician's Letter to Dr. Libman about Sarah's case.\" alt=\"A letter from one of Sarah Bernhardt's doctors to another advising about her condition.\" style=\"width: 209px; height: 268px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 209px; height: 272px;\" data-original-width=\"209\" data-original-height=\"272\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/bernhardt-5\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"205\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"268\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3803\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-5.png\" data-orig-size=\"825,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\" Sarah Bernhardt’s hospital records.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emanuel Libman Papers. 1885-1988. Series II: General Correspondence, Bernhardt, Sarah, 1971-1992, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406. <\/p> <p>Transcript:<br \/> 5000 3 00-30-12<br \/> (Surq. 108-25) LIB. HIST BERNHARDT, SARAH<br \/> 10541<br \/> REP 1054 D<br \/> 3480A<br \/> THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL<br \/> Medical NO. 172037<br \/> Attending Physician: Dr. Lib-man, Dr. Buerger Diagnosis: Calculus<br \/> Pyonephrosis<br \/> House Physician: Dr. Landy Complications:<br \/> Name: Mme. Sarah Bernhardt Treatment:<br \/> Nativity: France Unusual Features:<br \/> Occupation: Anatomical Diagnosis:<br \/> Adm: April 15, 1917 Result:<br \/> Transferred from Service of Dr.:_.19_<br \/> Transferred to Service of Dr.:_19_<br \/> Previously treated at _Hospital.19_<\/p> <p>Special Note_<\/p> <p>Hg 41% at time of op<br \/> Diet n<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-5.png?fit=229%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-5.png?fit=782%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-5.png?w=205&h=268&ssl=1\" width=\"205\" height=\"268\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"205\" data-original-height=\"268\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\" Sarah Bernhardt's hospital records.\" alt=\"A sheet from Sarah Bernhardt's hospital records.\" style=\"width: 205px; height: 268px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Equally fascinating is the series of notes and telegrams she dashed off during the ensuing years to her doctor of choice, the famous <a title=\"NLM's Finding Aids: Emanuel Libman Papers 1885-1988\" href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/863\">Emanuel Libman<\/a> (1872\u20131946). Whenever she was in danger, or thought she was, she bombarded him with accounts of her condition and pleas that he rush to her side. \u201cI know that you are resting from your great work and great devouement [devotion]. I am very ill in great need of your diagnosting [sic]. I will respect your rest if however chance would bring you in my neighborhood must I tell you of the great joy it would be to have you as my guest. With all my grateful heart and thanks.\u201d A mistake-ridden telegram from her vacation home off the coast of Brittany:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>OH MY DEAR Y HAVE GREAT TROUBLE IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE BOT [sic] NORD BECAUSE THE SEA IS EURIOUS [sic] Y HOPE TO MORROW THAT SHALL BE POSSIBLE ALL MY LOVE.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If she wasn\u2019t demanding his presence, she was sending him Happy New Year telegrams. When Sarah wanted a man, or something from a man, she pulled out all the stops.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/17\\\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 431px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"431\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 502px; height: 431px;\" data-original-width=\"502\" data-original-height=\"431\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/bernhardt-8\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"498\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"427\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3807\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-8.png\" data-orig-size=\"832,712\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"A telegram from Sarah Bernhardt to Dr. Libman. Emanuel Libman papers, 1885-1988, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emanuel Libman Papers. 1885-1988. Series II: General Correspondence, Bernhardt, Sarah, 1971-1992, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406. <\/p> <p>Transcript:<br \/> POSTAL TELEGRAPH \u2013 COMMERCIAL CABLES<br \/> CLARENCE H. MACKAY \u2013 PRESIDENT<br \/> CABLEGRAM<br \/> Received At<br \/> 10 East 42nd Street<br \/> Telephones 5655-5656 Vanderbilt<br \/> Always Open<br \/> The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company (Incorporated) transmits and delivers this cablegram subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank.<br \/> 20-20561<br \/> B 19W Boy II<br \/> Design Patent No. 40529<\/p> <p>30NYXR 18 310AM<br \/> PARIS JAN2-3<br \/> LIEBMANN<br \/> 18 0 E 64 ST NY (TRY 180 EAST 64 ST NYC)<br \/> HAPPY NEW YEAR MY DEAR LEEBMANN ALL MY HEART.<br \/> SARAH BERNHARDT<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-8.png?fit=300%2C257&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-8.png?fit=832%2C712&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-8.png?w=498&h=427&ssl=1\" width=\"498\" height=\"427\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"498\" data-original-height=\"427\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"A telegram from Sarah Bernhardt to Dr. Libman. Emanuel Libman papers, 1885-1988, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406.\" alt=\"A telegram from Sarah Bernhardt to her doctor wishing happy new year.\" style=\"width: 498px; height: 427px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 338px; height: 431px;\" data-original-width=\"338\" data-original-height=\"431\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/bernhardt-1-1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"334\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"212\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3800\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-1-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"816,517\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Telegram from Sarah to Dr. Libman.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emanuel Libman Papers. 1885-1988. Series II: General Correspondence, Bernhardt, Sarah, 1971-1992, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406. <\/p> <p>Transcript:<br \/> BURGERSPITAL BASEL<br \/> UNIVERSITATS-KLINIK<br \/> Basel, den July 19th 3.10 P.M.<br \/> Telegram from Sauzon, France<br \/> Telephoned over from Zurich by D. Bucha<br \/> Dr. Libman, Zurich<br \/> I know that you are resting from your great work and great devoument.<br \/> I am very ill and am in great need<\/p> <p>B-1422<br \/> Boy II<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-1-1.png?fit=300%2C190&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-1-1.png?fit=816%2C517&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-1-1.png?w=334&h=212&ssl=1\" width=\"334\" height=\"212\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"334\" data-original-height=\"212\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Telegram from Sarah to Dr. Libman.\" alt=\"The front of a handwritten telegram from Sarah Bernhardt to Dr. Emanuel Libman.\" style=\"width: 334px; height: 212px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/bernhardt-1-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"334\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"211\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3801\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-1-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"816,517\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Telegram from Sarah to Dr. Libman.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emanuel Libman Papers. 1885-1988. Series II: General Correspondence, Bernhardt, Sarah, 1971-1992, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406. <\/p> <p>Transcript:<br \/> of you diagnosing. I will respect your rest if however chance would bring you in my neighborhood must I tell you the great joy it would be to hang you as my guest.<br \/> With all my grateful heart thanks and thanks.<br \/> Sarah Bernhardt<br \/> The above telegram will be forwarded to D. Libman<br \/> Grand Hotel, Paris by mail<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-1-2.png?fit=300%2C190&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-1-2.png?fit=816%2C517&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-1-2.png?w=334&h=211&ssl=1\" width=\"334\" height=\"211\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"334\" data-original-height=\"211\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Telegram from Sarah to Dr. Libman.\" alt=\"The back of a handwritten telegram from Sarah Bernhardt to Dr. Emanuel Libman.\" style=\"width: 334px; height: 211px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 428px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"428\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 428px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"428\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/bernhardt-2-1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"836\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"424\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3802\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-2-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"969,492\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Telegram from Sarah to Dr. Libman.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Emanuel Libman Papers. 1885-1988. Series II: General Correspondence, Bernhardt, Sarah, 1971-1992, Box 3, Folder 13. MS C 406. <\/p> <p>Transcript:<br \/> Republique Francaise Tele<\/p> <p>Indications de service<br \/> FC\u2026.. = Telegramme collationne<br \/> MP\u2026.. = Remettre en mains propres<br \/> Remettre seulement le jour<br \/> OUVERT + Remettre ouvert<br \/> Dan les telegrammes imprimes en caracteres romains par l\u2019appareil telegraphique, le premiere nombre<br \/> [?] figure apr\u00e8s le nom du lieu d\u2019origine est un numero d\u2019ordre, le second indique le nombre de mois<br \/> [?] le autres designent la date et l\u2019heure de depot.<br \/> Dans le service interieur et dans les relations avec certains pays Arangers. \u2018heure de depot est indique au moyen des chiffres de o a.<br \/> N__________.<br \/> Timbre a date. CENTRAL 26-7<br \/> 20<br \/> PARIS<br \/> L\u2019[?] n\u2019est soumis d avenne responsabilite a raison da service de la correspondence privie per la voie telegraphique. (Loi du 29 Novembre 1850, art. 6.)<br \/> ORIGIN | NUMERO | NOMBRE DE MOTS. | DATE. | HEURE DE DEPOT | MENTIONS DE SERVICE<\/p> <p>LEPALAISM 664 37 26 17H28<br \/> OH MY DEAR Y HAVE GREAT TROUBLE IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE THE BOT NORD<br \/> BECAUSE THE SEA US EURIOUS Y HOPE TO MORROW THAT SHALL BE<br \/> POSSIBLE ALL MY LOVE = SARAH BERNHARDT<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-2-1.png?fit=300%2C152&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-2-1.png?fit=840%2C427&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bernhardt-2-1.png?w=836&h=424&ssl=1\" width=\"836\" height=\"424\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"836\" data-original-height=\"424\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Telegram from Sarah to Dr. Libman.\" alt=\"A telegram from Sarah Bernhardt to her Dr. Libman reporting on her condition.\" style=\"width: 836px; height: 424px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Fortunately, the doctor was equally devoted to her. Among the portraits of famous colleagues and patients that hung in his home, two stood out: one of Sarah, signed with a florid acknowledgment in French; and one of Albert Einstein, signed in German, \u201cTo the noble-minded Dr. Libman with the secret-divining eyes.\u201d As someone with no knowledge of medical history, I was fascinated to learn about this amazing doctor, whose diagnostic powers were world-famous and who was not only on the cover of <em>Time<\/em> magazine in 1935 but was the subject of a fascinating profile in <em>The New Yorker<\/em> (April 9, 1939) by the famous playwright and biographer S. N. Behrman. Libman, it turns out, was as eccentric as he was brilliant. It\u2019s time for a biography.<\/p>\n<p>But if it is the insights into Bernhardt\u2019s medical condition and her relationship with her famous doctor that are the focus of these papers, what is most revealing to the lay person\u2014and, in particular, to the biographer\u2014is that when she wanted to, Sarah Bernhardt expressed herself in English. It has been a given in just about every account of her life that although she performed in England almost every year for decades and made nine extended tours of America, she spoke not a word of our language. Here is the proof that we\u2019ve all been wrong: In this regard as in all others, Sarah did what she had to do to get her way. She may have used \u201cY\u201d in place of \u201cI,\u201d but grammatical rules meant no more to her than all the other rules she flouted. If she needed English to bind Emanuel Libman to her, English is what she gave him.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/04\/17\/the-divine-sarah-and-her-divine-doctor\/d04177_sil\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/d04177_sil1.png?fit=689%2C1275&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"689,1275\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"D04177_Sil\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/d04177_sil1.png?fit=162%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/d04177_sil1.png?fit=553%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3812 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/d04177_sil1.png?resize=366%2C677\" alt=\"D04177_Sil\" width=\"366\" height=\"677\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mme. Sarah Bernhardt<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101461518\"><em>National Library of Medicine #101461518<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Robert Gottlieb. 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