Suidōbashi

「用心しなければいけませんよ。火事の時なんか、駈け出したりなんかするといけません。この間も、元町に火事があった時、水道橋で衝心を起して死んだ男がありましたよ。呼びに来たから、行って診察しましたがね。非常に心臓が弱い癖に家から十町ばかりも駈け続けたらしいのですよ。貴君なんかも、用心をしないと、いつコロリと行くかも知れませんよ。第一喧嘩なんかをして興奮しては駄目ですよ。熱病も禁物ですね。チフスや流行性感冒に罹って、四十度位の熱が三四日も続けばもう助かりっこはありませんね。」

“You must be careful. When there’s a fire, for instance, you mustn’t go running out. Not long ago, when there was a fire in Motomachi, a man’s heart failed at Suidōbashi, and he died. They called me, so I went and examined him. His heart was very weak, and yet it seems he had run all the way from his house, about ten chō [over half a mile]. If you’re not careful, you could drop dead any time, too. Above all, don’t get into quarrels and get excited. And fevers are dangerous. If you catch typhoid or influenza and run a fever of about 40 degrees [104°F] for three or four days, there’ll be no saving you.”