He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses; the most insipid food was alone endurable; he could wear only garments of certain texture; the odors of all flowers were oppressive; his eyes were tortured by even a faint light; and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror.
Sufría él mucho de una agudeza morbosa de los sentidos; sólo toleraba los alimentos más insípidos; podía usar no más que prendas de cierto tejido; los aromas de todas las flores le sofocaban; una luz, incluso débil, atormentaba sus ojos, y exclusivamente algunos sonidos peculiares, los de los instrumentos de cuerda, no le inspiraban horror.