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Vienna, July 25, 1894
Dearest friend,
Above all, will you please this time allow yourself some time and not leave Munich until your head has had as much relief — complete, I hope — as Gr.1 is able to give it. This seems to me the most important thing, and I am sure Frau Ida will agree.
If your stay in Munich should be extended, I could visit you right there. I do not know Munich, but promise you I shall not lead you around anywhere and shall not talk of anything serious with you. Or we could select a nice place nearby, so that you could get back to Munich within the hour. Entirely as you wish; I am not at all yet in a position to make proposals, but take all accidentia as they come. I have done too long without ens.2 I feel outrageously well; since the last gram of digitalis all symptoms have vanished and that gives me the feeling that they really should not return. I have been very good, however. When I smoke my cigar of the week (for example, today), I no longer relish it at all, and it leaves me with a trace of specific discomfort. I am beginning — something I should have done earlier — to believe you.
Business is not good; it is too hot for science. The only thing August is good for is nature and friendship.
With cordial greetings, the hope for rapid and good reports, and all the thoughts that are still at my disposal,
Your faithful
Sigm. Freud
Probably Ludwig Grünwald, an ear, nose, and throat specialist from Munich whom Fliess had publicly praised (this identification courtesy of Michael Schröter).
A reference to Aristotle's ens (being) and accidentia. In other words, Freud wants to be with Fliess.