Letters from folk poet Jānis Sudrabkalns (1894–1975) to the Dikļi tuberculosis sanatorium’s chief physician Andrejs Laukmanis (1904–1974).
The written correspondence between Sudrabkalns and Laukmanis emerged after several meetings in person. The poet was “powerfully and attractively magnetised” by the doctor’s character, and the Dikļi tuberculosis sanatorium’s chief physician would send his own works of poetry to Sudrabkalns for him to assess. In his letters, Sudrabkalns discloses his feelings at the end of his life: “I myself am once again experiencing doubt, fear, apathy (everything gone awry). [...] This is another one of those mornings of my egocentric constipation and listlessness.”
Patient Emīlija Braunfelde’s hand-drawn birthday greeting card to Lielbērze tuberculosis hospital doctor Dr. Ērika Krauja. 1964.
Soviet authorities deported doctor Ērika Krauja to Siberia twice. She only returned to Latvia in 1964, resuming her work at the Lielbērze tuberculosis hospital. Here, the patient expresses her gratitude to the doctor with a personal poem.
Greeting card for Dr. Kārlis Segliņš on his name day from artist friends. 28 January 1948.
Letter of gratitude from the Central Board of the Latvian Railways Association to Dr. Kārlis Barons on completion of his service as chief railway doctor. 17 September 1927.
Letter of gratitude from patients in Biķernieki Sanatorium to Dr. Kārlis Segliņš. 31 January 1941.
Card from the staff of Dailes Theatre to Jānis Jēgermanis on his 70th birthday. 20 March 1965.
Letter of gratitude from patients in Unit 3 of the Riga City Tuberculosis Hospital to Dr. K.Segliņš. 22 June 1945.
Card from the actors of Dailes Theatre to Jānis Jēgermanis on his 70th birthday. 20 March 1965.
Elīna Zālīte’s poem “Soļi” (Steps). Dedicated to Dr. Aleksandrs Neibergs of Riga’s 4th City Hospital. 9 August 1945.
Letter of gratitude from Eduards Smiļģis to Professor Pauls Stradiņš. 31 May 1956.
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Patient History Collection
Photo albums, portraits, musical compositions, postcards, poems, even plays — patients may express their gratitude to doctors in many ways. The life stories in this collection of printed literature reflect not only the diseases they have endured, but also their views and their emotions.
The Museum collection includes letters which patients (one of whom was the poet Jānis Sudrabkalns (1894–1975)) sent to the Dikļi tuberculosis sanatorium’s chief physician Andrejs Laukmanis (1904–1974) who was revered as a miracle worker by the mid-20th century Latvian public. The photographs in this collection also also cast striking new light on other important personalities in Latvian history: the painter Leo Kokle (1924–1964) posing with doctor Kārlis Segliņš (1904–1982) at a session on tuberculosis treatment, or Rainis (1865–1929) with Riga City Children’s Hospital staff.
Letters from folk poet Jānis Sudrabkalns (1894–1975) to the Dikļi tuberculosis sanatorium’s chief physician Andrejs Laukmanis (1904–1974).
Patient Emīlija Braunfelde’s hand-drawn birthday greeting card to Lielbērze tuberculosis hospital doctor Dr. Ērika Krauja. 1964.
Greeting card for Dr. Kārlis Segliņš on his name day from artist friends. 28 January 1948.