• fever With this characteristic reversion to physical collapse we are reminded of how precarious
    has been Victor's physical and mental stability since his obsessive researches at
    Ingolstadt (see I:4:17). Only a few months before his marriage he had been so ill
    that a long period of convalescence was necessary to restore him to a state in which
    he could withstand his trial in Ireland (see III:4:11 and III:4:42).