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March. 18,1919 
Dear Will: 
I am sorry to hear that you have failed to hold all the gain you 
made.Perhaps it was too muoh to expect.If there are abscesses at the roots 
of any of your teeth,as I understand you to say the photos showythey may 
account for much if not all the trouble.! have been looking into that gen- 
eral subject, and am amazed to find how many have been relieved from 
and serious troubles by the extraction of the offending teeth.I had a sitting 
with Gasteel.and he was very muoh interested in hearing of your case.He 
thought every pains should be taken to eliminate the teeth from considera¬ 
tion before going further,and he is personally cognizant of a number of pa¬ 
tients whose complete recovery followed removal of the teeth,in part or in 
whole.One of the most remarkable I have just herd from C.H.His brother came 
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down here during the winter completely discouraged and ready to give up. 
An Xray showed trouble with a number of the teeth,and he had most of them 
removed and plates put in.The result was that in a comparatively few weeks 
he began to gain,and now is quite his normal self, sating,sleeping,and exercis 
ing as usual.Hart was so enthusiastic that I believe he contemplates having 
the teeth of all the members of his family removed,including even thise of 
the infant mebers of the Abbot branch who,by the by,are expected here this 
very week.Hart has never seen his grand children,and,whereas at first he 
scouted the idea of his having any interest in them he now Confesses to an 
impatienoe in getting a sight of the coming generation.As for the"old lady" 
meaning Elizabeth,she is beside herself with the pleasures of anticipation. 
Dorothy with her babies will be well worth anyone's seeing ^ for she is a good 
