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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 3/22/2026 1:52 PM
Family Surname: Shemesh
Country: Lithuania
Town: Ylikiai
Date of Image: 1938

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I would appreciate a translation of this handwritten Russian letter.
It was written in 1938 from Ylikiai in the Telz region of Lithuania. The was the other side of a letter written in Russian from a doctor who examined a patient (Taube).
Thank you

Response

3/22/2026 3:47 PM

Город Мемель, 21 ноября 1938 года.

Многоуважаемая мадам Козополянскиене!
Извините, что только сегодня на ваше письмо от 18 ноября отвечаю. С Самешене обстоит дело нехорошо. У нее имеется, очевидно, злокачественная опухоль, которая во время ее второго пребывания в больнице значительно увеличилась. Операция была только паллиативного характера, чтобы выпустить задерживающуюся материю (гной). Дренаж я сам выбрал, так как отверстие было достаточно большое и дренаж мог потеряться в ране. Ехать куда-либо опять не имеет никакого смысла. Мы ее выписали из больницы, так как особого лечения, кроме новых перевязок, ей не нужно, а это можно и дома сделать.
С совершенным почтением.
Др.(доктор) Пиашек.
Примечание. В Литве окончание фамилий -ене и иене – у женщин, в -ис- у мужчин. ) Самеш+ене=Самешене.
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Memel, November 21, 1938.
Dear Mrs. Kozopolyanskiene!
I apologize for only responding today to your letter of November 18. Samešienė is in a bad way. She apparently has a malignant tumor, which grew significantly during her second hospital stay. The operation was purely palliative, to release the retained matter (pus). I chose the drainage myself, as the hole was quite large and the drainage could have gotten lost in the wound. Traveling anywhere else makes no sense. We have discharged her from the hospital, as she doesn't need any special treatment other than new dressings, and that can be done at home. With the utmost respect, Dr. Piashek.

Note: In Lithuania, surnames end in -ene and yene for women, and in -is- for men. Sameš+ienė = Samešienė.

/s/

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