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Show Went to the "Roots" of Patient's Trouble Dr. S. G. Schaefer tells an amusing story anent the modern doctor's practice prac-tice of extracting teeth as a cure for so many ailments. "A man went into a clinic one day and complained that he had lots of trouble biting his finger nails. "Well, the medical staff in charge did everything they could to find out what was the cause of this pernicious psychiatric phenomenon. They couldn't find the cause anywhere. As a last resort they looked at the man's- teeth. There was something suspicious about them. They pulled out a couple of them. Instantly the patient showed improvement im-provement ! Encouraged by their success, suc-cess, they pulled them all out! Their patient pronounced himself completely complete-ly cured and from that day to this he has never bitten his finger nails!" |