World War, Writing His Will and Testament

Arild Stubhaug ()
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Arild Stubhaug: University of Oslo, Department of Mathematics

A chapter in Gösta Mittag-Leffler, 2010, pp 579-590 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The night after he fell on the stairs, on November 9, 1914, Mittag-Leffler couldn’t sleep. He felt overwhelmed by a nervous irritation; even sessions in the light bath didn’t help. In the morning he noticed a numbness in his right arm and leg, and he experienced difficulty walking. Nonetheless, he traveled by car to Stockholm to attend a political meeting with the German minister Reichenau. The minister was adamant that Sweden should enter the war; Mittag-Leffler also thought this would happen, but definitely not yet. After his meeting with the German minister, Mittag-Leffler went to see the editor of Svenska Dagbladet, Helmer Key, who purportedly had learned that Foreign Minister Knut Wallenberg had unexpectedly changed his view and now favored Swedish participation in the war. On the way to his own office, Mittag-Leffler’s condition grew worse, and it was only with the help of his chauffeur that he managed to climb the stairs. A doctor was summoned – Dr. Berg, who had been among “The 17” guests on the previous evening. He ordered complete rest and quiet. Mittag-Leffler was driven home and carried to bed. The doctor thought that the paralysis was due to a shock to the nerves from the fall, possibly combined with a blockage in some blood vessels in the rear portion of the left hemisphere of his brain.

Keywords: Nobel Prize; Nordic Country; Foreign Minister; German Minister; Rear Portion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11672-8_70

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