---
Title: Engels to Henry Enfield Roscoe, [London], 28 May [1892]
Description: Draft of Engels's reply to Sir Henry Roscoe on Schorlemmer's illness: the two doctors agree in their diagnosis and there is little hope left; Engels will go to Manchester; and why he does not return the form of address of Roscoe's note.
Author: Friedrich Engels
Date: 1892-05-28
URL: https://marxismo.school/archivo/marx-engels/cartas/originales/1892-05-28%20Engels%20to%20Henry%20Enfield%20Roscoe
---


*Draft of a letter from Friedrich Engels to Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe in London, [London], 28 May [1892]; place and year are added by the editors of the MEW (vol. 38, p. 353). Written by Engels on a separate sheet kept with Roscoe's note of 27 May 1892, to which it replies. Manuscript preserved at the IISG (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels Papers, inv. K 1401), transcribed from the digital facsimile by the Escuela de marxismo, 2026 (double reading and collation with the image). Written in English. Diplomatic transcription: spelling, capitals and punctuation as in the manuscript; deletions as ~~text~~ (~~[ilegible]~~ when they cannot be read); interlinear additions are inserted where they belong; [?] after an uncertain reading. [Traducción al español](https://marxismo.school/archivo/marx-engels/cartas/1892-05-28%20Engels%20a%20Henry%20Enfield%20Roscoe)*

May 28th.

Dear Sir Henry

Many thanks for your note of yesterday. Gumpert had indeed given me a full report of the consultation with Dreschfeld, whom ~~he had~~ already 3 or 4 weeks ago he had proposed to Schorlemmer to call in, but Sch. ~~[ilegible]~~ would not hear of it. ~~The result of the After the complete agreement of both doctors, as to[?] I am afraid there is~~ As both medical men agree perfectly in their diagnosis, I am afraid there is but little hope left to us.

I have my friend Bebel of the German Reichstag here staying with me until middle of next week, & intend ~~going~~ running over to Manchester about Thursday unless called before by Gumpert.

If I do not reciprocate the style of address employed in your note, it is simply because that note is in the handwriting of a third party, & therefore an unintentional mistake ~~[ilegible]~~ not quite excluded

Yours truly