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1751 California St

San Francisco

15 Sept 52

My Dear Father

According to promise I write
Just one Month later, and as I know you are
anxious to hear if My health has improved, I will
at once relive [relieve] your Mind by Stating how I have
progressed during the last four weeks.

Dr Montague who I occasionally see has advised
me to take steel wine for the next three Months
he is confident that I cannot take anything
better, also that I am going on very well, and I feel
much stronger. From all I can learn there is
a deficiency of Iron in the blood which causes
a weak circulation, the Heart not having sufficiently
strong to send the blood with the required force
to the extremities; thereby causing at times a
coldness of the lower extremities. The above wine is
calculated to infuse into the blood the proper
amount of Iron – this Tonic I Manufacture –
here are the directions. If you or Emily like to try a little.
Get 3 ozs. [ounces] of Steel filings, 3 pints of light wine,
spread the filings on a dish, and keep them damp
with a little of the wine for three days, that they may
get rusty, at the end of that time, put the filings
into a bottle with the remainder of the wine,
cork it, and shake the same every day for ten days,
it will thus be ready for use – Take about half a