Mirror of Charm and Beauty — Page 60
extremely serious diseases, each in its own place. In addition, my pulse sometimes becomes too rapid which causes extreme strain and restlessness. Further, towards the end of the year I also came to suffer from heart trouble, with some defect developed by this organ which brings on pain in that region, flowing in waves to the right arm, which is a grave symptom. Once in 1954 also I had heart attack, which kept me hovering between life and death for a period of four months. . After that, however, Allah had mercy on me, and for a number of years I was able to attend to intellectual and academic work, even though. I was not fully restored to normal health. But towards the end of 1962, when I am reaching seventy years of my life, as reckoned according to the solar callendar, this trouble has recurred, probably on account of over-work. Attacks occur, sometimes daily, and sometime after short intervals, with the result that weakness has been greatly enhanced. . Only recently a famous heart specialist from. Lahore examined me thoroughly in Rabwahmy heart, liver, and chest. After he had taken. E. C. G. photographs of my heart, he said that it had received serious injury, and that there was every chance of this injury being deepened and made worse. He advised, with great emphasis, that I should take care to avoid 60