He suffered ulcerous sores in his mouth , pain troubled his stomach and intestines , and he struggled with increasingly low spirits .
Shortly before his death , Rilke 's illness was diagnosed as leukaemia .
Rilke suffered ulcerous sores in Rilke 's mouth , pain troubled his stomach and intestines , and he struggled with increasingly low spirits .
Shortly before his death , Rilke 's illness was diagnosed as leukaemia .