From the time of his visit to the doctor, Ivan Ilych's chief occupation was the exact fulfillment of the doctor's instructions regarding hygiene and the taking of medicine, and the observation of his pain and his excretions.
Medikuari bisita egin zionetik Ivan Ilitxen zereginik nagusiena medikuaren aginduak zehatz-mehatz betetzea izan zen higieneari eta sendagaiak hartzeari zegokionez, eta oinazeari eta organismoaren jarduera guztiei kasu egitea.