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WILLY RIESER, M.D.
133 EAST 58TH STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y.

CONSULTATION
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

December 15, 1937

Dr. Harold T. Hyman
940 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y.

My dear Doctor Hyman:

Mr. Germain Seligman was examined at this office on December 10, 1937. He complained of having had during a prior week a diffuse pain with a sense of depression as though about to have grippe. This was relieved by an analgesic capsule.

He had a similar attack a day before coming to the office. He recalled the pain having had its onset in the left arm about the shoulder and scapular areas and radiating to the elbow. This condition was again relieved by analgesics. He was in distress while on his return from Canada. 

Physical examination at this office developed no evidence of organic pathology and at the time of the examination there was no impairment of any muscle function in the left or right arm and no disturbance of sensation. There was no pressure tenderness over the joints and it was my opinion that he was suffering from a toxic nerve muscle pain.

An electrocardiogram was taken as of record. I advised that dental x-rays be had and the film showed evidence of dental pathology of a degree adequately to account for his symptoms. 

In the absence of any other clinical indications or phenomena that would account for this pain I advised that the dental infection be treated and removed as a factor.

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