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needed. - [underlined]] This morning to Dr. Palmer, same abundant pus in my left ear. [[/underlined]]
Wrote to Gerard cannot go to Paris
[[underlined]] May 11. [[/underlined]] Dr. Palmer reports same pus in left ear. - 
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[[underlined]] On my question of possibility of left ear remaining deaf, he says this is possible and occurs in some cases. [[/underlined]] 
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[[underlined]] Left ear does not cause pain, but same suppuration. [[/underlined]] But feel better and less tired.
Andrew's car got a collision with another car which arrived from a side street.
Yesterday received a long letter from Mr. George W. Merck.  
[[left margin]] [[underlined]] Gerhardt Von Hessert [[/underlined]] [[/left margin]]
Whose family as well as himself know Gerhardt von Hessert very [[strikethrough]] well [[/strikethrough]] well and his relatives from Darmstadt and speaks very highly about him.  Meantime George has cabled to Dr. Stauss, whose brother lives in Darmstadt.
[[underlined]] May 12 [[/underlined]] To Dr. Palmer's. My ear still in same condition
[[underlined]] May 13. [[/underlined]]  
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To Dr. Palmer's. [[underlined]] Feel better but same suppuration [[/underlined]]
All day at home except short visit to Fairchild this morning. Beautiful day.
[[underlined]] May 14 - Sunday. [[/underlined]] All day at home no visits no visitors
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Wrote a letter to Mr. Texier of French Bakelite giving him additional information about my career and how I came to undertake the synthesis of Bakelite. - This is addition to the information I have already sent to [[strikethrough]] G [[/strikethrough]] Mr. Gerard for the coming congres on plastics.
[[underlined]] May 14. [[/underlined]] 
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To Dr. Palmer [[underlined]] same condition of my left ear, no better no worse. Same suppuration on left ear but no pain. [[/underlined]]
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Afterward Xray treatment under Dr. Raap.
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As far as I can make out my case is [[strikethrough]] a my case is [[/strikethrough]]:
[[left margin]] Otitis [[/left margin]]
[[underlined]] Otitis Media [[/underlined]] = inflammation of middle ear or [[underlined]] Otitis Media catarrhalis, [[/underlined]] inflammation of middle ear, followed by [[underlined]] chronic [[/underlined]] inflammation with implication of labyrinth called also 
[[underlined]] Otitis [[/underlined]] purulenta 
                 "                    suppurativa
                 "                    mycatica
                 "                    sclerotica
with perforation of the drum membrane and a mucopurulent discharge.