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Roger Eatwell, Fascism: A History, page 103:
As Mussolini strove to rejuvenate both fascism and the Italian war effort, his health began to fail. During late 1942 he was very ill. By January 1943 he could hardly get out of bed, where he lay under sedation, taking only liquid food.