Investigating the circumstances of Eminescu's illness and the impact it had on the poet's work, Ibrăileanu used assessments made by Petraşcu (and, separately, the testimonies of poetess Mite Kremnitz), to conclude that Eminescu had been incapable of producing any more poems after the full onset of his symptoms.
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Negulescu pointed out that, in accusing Junimea of having failed to support young writers, Petraşcu had overlooked the encouragements Maiorescu had given to Eminescu, Coşbuc, and Samson Bodnărescu; he also argued that the society had not awarded any form of special treatment to its own affiliates.