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Show RECOVERS HIS VOICE WHEN TEETH ARE PULLED (By International News Service.) SPRINGFIELD, Ohio The story of how tho extraction of two teeth resulted re-sulted in restoration of John H. Hap-persett's Hap-persett's speech and of the use of the muscles" In his face and left arm is told here as follows: For three years an invalid as the result of a stroke of paralysis, causing caus-ing the loss of his speech and paralyzing para-lyzing the left side of his face and left arm, John H. Happersett, of Mechan-icsburg, Mechan-icsburg, is rapidly recovering, following follow-ing the extraction of two molar teeth by a local dentist. Three-quarters of an hour after Happersett had been In the dentist's chair the doctor'6 assistant noticed him blinking his left eye and that his crooked mouth was growing stralght-er. stralght-er. He was making an effort to talk. The doctor was called and Immediate- 1 1 ly went through vowels with Hap-porsott. Hap-porsott. When Happersett uttered his name, for tho first time in three years, both doctor and patient shed ; 1 tears of joy. j The two molar teeth had been bear- ' Ing upon certain nerves, causing paralysis para-lysis of tho upper Hp, loft eyelid. : j loft arm and loss of speech. Hap- j persett's face is now normal, his voice has returned and he is slowly regain- i ing strength in hl3 left arm. 00 F j |