Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-04-15

~ hooiooiRii pdteHt pidl 90 ofel.
The room in which We were was
the operating one of the office, where
patients were examined, and surgical
operation IS performed. 1T was fur
nished with 4li The usual appliances
Of such an establishment. In the
middle Of the room, securely fasten-
ed to the floor BY screws was a large
arm-ehait, with head boar and straps
to conlin E the body and limbs Of the
patient whilst the operator was at
work, ii such cases as required it
On eitha 7 side Of tie house, driyen
into the wall, where a couple of iron
bolts, to which were fastened blocks
and pull3ys, used when rbdueing old
dislocations, when all milder means
had failed. The chair, pqlleys, and a
small hand-vice were the apparatus
intended to be used by nae in the ex-
traction Of the. Kentuekian's tooth,
by the mississippi patent plan
The patient watched all our prepa-
rations-for I quickly let the other
students into the plan Of the intend
ed joke-with great interest and
seemed hugely tieEded at the idea of
having his othpulled without pain
for a quarter, and q dose of castor
oil extra.
Everything beingready, wei invited
the subject to take his SCI at in the OPP
Grating chair, telling him it was nee
essary, agreeably to our mode Of pull
ling .teeth, that the body and arms
should be perfectly quiet; that other
doctors, who hadn't bought the
right to use the patent PLAN used
the pullikins, whilst I operatea with
the pulleys.l7 Isoon had him il imoye-
ably strapped to the chair, ha nd and
foot. Introducing the hand vice in
bis mouth, which, fortunately for me,
was a large one, / screwed it fast to
the offending tooth, then connecting
it with the first cord Of the pulleys
and intrh sting it to the hands of two
Experienced assistants, I was ready
to colnme nce the extraction Giving
the word, and singing, lord, receive
this sim er's soul, we pulled slowly.
$50 as to let the strain come on the
neck bones gradually.
! Though l live till every hair on my
head is as hollow as a dry skull, |
Ishall never forget the sd enc.
i Clothed in homespun Of the cop
Iperas hue, impotent to help himself,
This body immoveably fixed to the
ehair, his neck gradually extending
Itself, like a terrapih's e merging from
its shell, bis eyes twice their natural
size, and projected nearly outOf their
: sockets, his mouth widely distended,
with the vice hidden in It's cavity, and
the connexion Of the rope being be-
hind his cheeks, giving thq appear
lance asif We had cast anchor il his
stomach, and were heaylng it slowly
Ehome, sat the Kentuckian, scream
ling and eursing that we were pulling
his head ofwithout moving the tooth,
and that the torment was awful
But | coolly told hin twas the
usual wey the 'lIissiYsippi patent
plan worked, and directed my assis-
tants to keep up their steady pull.
i [ have not yet fully determined,
las it was the first and last experiment,
(which would have come first, his
head or the tooth, for all at once the
rope gave way, precipitat ling, without
much, order or arrangement, the as
sistants into the opposite corner Of
the room.
The operating chair not being
as securely screwed down as usual,
Twas uptorn by the shock OF the re-
Itrograde motion acquired, when the
rope broke, and landed The Kentuck-
ian on his back in the most distant
Iside of the room; as he fell, lie struck
the side of his face against the wall,
and out came the vice, with a large
tooth in it's fangs. He ragged like
one of bis indigenous thu ndef storms,
and demanded to be rele asedl Fear
ling some hostile demonstration when
the straps were unfastehed, we took
Occasion to cut them with a long
bowie knife. He rose up, splitting
blood and shaking himself, as if he
vas anxious to get rid Of his clothes
IL, Doc, bat she's a buster,
| never seed such a 18th. | recon-
no common fxments would have
fotch it; but | tellyou, SIRED, it hurt
awful,I think its the Ia st time the
mississippi Patent Plan gels me iIi
its holt. Here's fye-dollar Kain4
tuck bill, take your pay and gin us
the change Il
Seeing he wis in such GOOD humOr!