The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-20
PHILOSOPHY of DECADENCE
Yayoslausky's Reply to Jote,s Letter

lily were served by the specialists
and the entire medical apparatus
of the Kremlin sanitary service
"Comrade Joffe had the constant
medical attendance of DR.. L. w.
Levin, the chief physician of the
Kremlin hospital and was through
out his illness treated and advised
by the most eminent specialists,
whose authority is recognized far
beyond the borders of our country.
among the doctors treating and
attending Comrade Joffe, there
were the professors Pletnyev,
Getye, Vinogradov, Minor, Kramer,
Davidenkov, Kannabich, Gannoush-
kin, Tarassyevitch, Averbach, From
stein and Salkind and the physi-
clans Levin, Kanely, and Epstein;
the consultations were also attended
at different times by Pogossyantz,
Rousheinikov, Semashko, and
Obrossov took part.
"Comrade Joffe was in possession
of sick-ticket and as doctor he
enjoyed the right of procuring pre-
scriptions directly for indictments
from the Kremlin pharmacy, so
that he was sure of the maximum
of medical assistance.
During his illness, Comrade
Joffe was several times accommo-
dated in the Kremlin hospital, and
on one occasion, contrary to the or
binary rule, his wife and child were
lodged there too, since he felt better
for their proximity.
SIN 1924 to 1925 and again In
1927, he was sent abroad by the
Medical Commission, mainly to
Vienna to DR.. Adler, on each occa-
sion for three or four months. In
1926 he was sent with his wife to
Yalta in the Crimea.
GAS to the members of his fam
lily, his daughter was sent in 1925
to undergo treatment at Mazesta
and then for a month to sanator-
ium located near Moscow; in 1926
she was sent for month to the
Crimea, and 1927 for one month to
a sanatorium near Moscow and for
one month to the Shafranovo san
atorium.
Between 1924 and 1927, more
than $4,000 roubles were spent on
the treatment of Comrade Joffe
abroad.
GAS already pointed out the chief
ailment of Comrade Joffe was his
serious and obstinate morphinism.
Most of the other ailments from
which he suffered were direct or
indirect consequences of this NOR
phinism.
"Since morphinism is an illness
which can only be cured in hos
pital, and since the recent journey
of Comrade Joffe abroad failed to
bring about any improvement, the
question arose as to whether it
would not be possible to treat him
in Russia. This question was an
swered in the affirmative by the
council Of specialists professors
Davidenkov and Vinogradov, with
DIR. Levin and a doctor of the Gen.
trail Committee), who pointed out
that, if the necessary rules in re-
gard to morphinism "a strict disci-
pline and the assistance of psy-
chiatrist) were observed, the Krem-
lin hospital was very well suited to
attain the desired result. The hos
pital administration answered in the
affirmative to the question as to
whether it could afford Comrade
Joffe the treatment and discipline
of closed establishment. 1t was
therefore resolved to ask Comrade
Joffe for his consent, a task en-
trusted to the Central Committee
doctor. However, it proved impos-
sible to inform the patient of the
specialists decision and to obtain
his consent to their plan, since in
the meantime he had committed
suicide"
To be continued.