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66/ so as to increase bulk of excrements and in conjunction with "Squibbs Liquid petrolatium (mineral oil) [[red underlined]] painful constipation [[/red underlined]] keeps on. Finally an enema, which could not be administered sooner, on account of [[red underlined]] pains in rectum, [[/red underlined]] cleared the bowels and made me feel very comfortable. [[left margin in red]] Feel better [[/left margin in red]] Aug 18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27- etc. [[red underlined]] More days of suffering. [[/red underlined]] George B and Grace came to visit me, before leaving for camp for Labor Day vacation. [[underlined]] September 3. [[/underlined]] [[red underlined]] Feel better [[/red underlined]] and walked around the house and garden and for fist time ate animal food (chicken liver) & [[red underlined]] took a glass of beer. [[/red underlined]] [[underlined]] Sept. 4. [[/underlined]] Same pain still there. Several days ago after counsel with [[red underlined]] Dr. Betz have discontinued the use of nurse. [[/red underlined]] So I can wash and bathe myself in my wash tub. Saturday Sept. 4. Pains continue but stools come easier and more regular. [[red underlined]] Dr. Betz tells me anus and rectum are [[/red underlined]] healing satisfactorily and it is only a [[red underlined]] question of time. [[left margin in red]] A month of suffering [[/left margin in red]] This is almost a month since the operation! [[/red underlined]] [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Tuesday 5 Sept. 5. [[/underlined]] Saturday[[/strikethrough]] So I made appointment with Dr. Montague and drove to his office at 11.30 A.M. just before he was leaving for a short Labor Day vacation. He tells me everything is going on well and that the pains are due to the [[end page]] [[start page]] 67/ stretching of the [[red underlined]] tissue of the rectum, adjusting itself to the sutures [[/red underlined]] which were made for the operation. The long [[strikethrough]] trip [[/strikethrough]]trip by auto and back caused me very little discomfort and I [[red underlined]] feel much better [[/red underlined]] since I know there are no threatening complications. So it will be a question of patience. He slightly stretched the office of anus etc. by means of a special instrument. - Tells me this would have been done advantageously sooner, if I had called sooner. Will be repeated after his return. Feel much better. [[underlined]] Sunday 5. [[/underlined]] September. Sudden ^[[60°F]] change in temperature after copious rain. Feels more comfortable. [[left margin in red]] Radio [[/left margin in red]] That [[red underlined]] large Radio George gave to his mother as a present [[/red underlined]] is an admirable instrument and sounds like an orchestra. Great entertainment, when I am tired of reading. Today at noon ate a ^[[small]] wing of chicken. - Still feel easily tired altho' walking around. Am no longer bothered [[strikethrough]] by [[/strikethrough]] with endless sleepless nights. Rain all day [[underlined]] Sept 6 Monday. [[/underlined]] Cold then sunny & bright. [[left margin in red, underlined]] Honorary Member [[/left margin in red, underlined]] Wrote letters for [[red underlined]] Jean Gerard, [[/red underlined]] excusing myself not to be able to be at Annual meeting where I was [[strikethrough]] by [[/strikethrough]] am to be [[red underlined]] made Honorary Member of Société de Chimie Industrielle [[/red underlined]] in [[strikethrough]] The Pars id [[/strikethrough]] Paris. The President of the Republic to be present etc
