[AccessD] FW: Removing quotes

Dear List:
 
A client has a large tab delimited file which I'm trying to import into an
access table using the wizard.  The text fields in the tab delimited file
have quotes around them.  Unfortunately the Description field has embedded
quotes for descriptions with lengths - i.e. "Suture 3 1/2" ".  
 
So if I import with the quote as text qualifier any record with a quote in
the description field is unparseable because there's an uneven number of
quotes and all of the subsequence fields after the Description are dropped.

If I import with no character as the text qualifier I get all the fields but
all the text fields are surrounded by quotes.  So I have to remove them. 
 
I'm thinking to do it with a couple update queries but there are about 140
fields so it would be awkward and a bit time consuming to structure and test
the update queries.  
 
I'm thinking of doing it with a bit of code - cycle through the fields for
each record and strip the quotes (also replace the quote that represents
inches with 'in.')
 
I think it would take an hour to do it in code. But is there any faster,
easier, slicker way I'm overlooking?
 
MTIA
 
Rocky