Dear Addis:

Linus Pauling is going back to his home this afternoon: R.D. 1 Box 622 Pasadena 3500 Fairpoint Street

He noticed suddenly last week, on Wednesday March 5, that in the evening his feet and ankles were swollen. Next morning the swelling had gone down but his face was puffy. This state of affairs has gone on and has not improved. He notices also now that his tongue feels large. His urine contains 12 grams of albumin per liter. There are no red cells. His blood pressure is 140 systolic, 86 diastolic. His eye grounds were not examined. Neither I nor a couple of other men here could feel his left dorsalis pedis artery. With a very sensitive plethysmograph now in use for carrying on certain researches we found that the toes both on the right and left sides pulsated practically equally. I discussed these phenomena with Van Slyke. We believe that he is suffering from some form of nephritis. His tonsils have been removed. There are some infected roots of teeth. He has had a couple of head colds this winter with one of which especially he had fever and went to bed.

What we want is advice. To what physician near Pasadena shall he go? Would you have the goodness to send him a note to give him your best advice. If you do so no doubt he will have your letter at about the time when he returns - he is leaving this afternoon by train.

I wish you were here so that there would be the possibility of talk. There are altogether too few people about whose views either interest or concern me.

With cordial greetings,

Very sincerely yours,

Dr. Thomas Addis,

Lane Hospital,

San Francisco, Calif.