The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1870-02-10

aid me?'
/ We were alone. She propounded
/ this question as If she would initiate in
the expression that my predecessors
had tried and failed. And while she
thus smiled, / observed that she ex-
hibited two brilliant rows of pearly
teeth, that were by no means the least
attractive feature in her beautiful and
intelligent face. | found the young la
| dy's pulse was fitfuil and feverish, and
I questioned her as to her symptoms.
She informed me briefly that her trop-
bic, whatever it was seemed TO be ner-
vous affection. She frequently expe-
rienced spasm0dic and acqute pains
in the face and head, and would faint
and fall like an epileptie. Then extreme
dullness would succeed, physically and
mentally she was really discouraged,
she said.
| With my practice as physician, |
| had long before united that of a den
/ tist; and / knew well how sensitive
and delicate were the nervous cOmbi
nation of the face, aud especially those
of the teeth. asked the patient many
| questions, and finally interrogated
her closely as to the apparent neural
gic affections she bad SD frequently ex-
perienced in her head and jaw. She
had no reason to complain of her
| teeth, she said; they We're perfectly
| sound.
/ examined them, however, with
professional care. Finally, taking
| from my coat pocket small o operating
dental instrument, l scanned each
tooth, and raped it slightly as | pas
sed along. AS | did this, the youth
! ful sonora did not finch, until struck
| the molar beyond one of the eye teeth,
when to my CONSERVATION and sur
prise, she suddenly sprang up, and
with sharp sigh, she fell forward
senseless at my feet.
As you may we'll conceive, was O.
larmed for an instant, but quickly
/ raising her form upon the divan atthe
side Of the room, | repeated the rap
upon this tooth, which, like all the
rest, was to all outward appearance,
perfect, and 1 fouud, though respira-
| ton had temporarily ceased, the effect
OF this simple jar upon the tooth pro-
/ duced a result upon the patient like
that of a galvanic shock almost-the
girl starting violently and struggling
in my hands with fearful spasms, at
each repeated stroke against the jaw.
Assuming the responsibility of my
profession and positions, therefore. aud
believing that the mystery of her ILL
ness was in some way connected with
the facial nerves, quickly resolved to
try an experiment to relieve her, at
least temporary. And taking the fore
ceps from my dental pocket case, APP
piled them to what L deemed the Of
Tending tooth, and instantly removed
it from the jaw while she lay appa
rentiy insensible upon the couch"
"And what was the result?" | ask
ed
"In a moment she came to coneious-
ness, and placing her hand to her fore
head, she enquired, 'where am /?
All, doctor, what have yoa done"-
And then missing one of her teeth,
she said, "What have you done?"
And briefly replied That Il thought
| had solved the mystery of her ILL
ness
Upon the side of this tooth, which
was perfect, there adhered bit of
straw, or what seemed to be diminu-
tive sharp splinter Of hard grained
wood, perhaps three eights of an inch
In length, ard not larger than cam
brio needle i'm circumference, which
had been plainly forced up accidentily,
and to her unconsciOusly, months pre-
viously, through the gum, and which
penetrated to thereof Of the tooth near
the connection where it enter the jaw.
And there it had remained TO fret and
chafe one of the most delicately sensi-
tive points in the head, until further
forbearance with it was too much for
the sufferers physical strength"
"Well, did this operation cure her?"
"Not instantly. But this trivial
matter was the really mysterious cause
of her pining illness, evidently, for
in ten days after my first visit she was
as calm as you and are now, and very
soon she entirely recovered, as her
o,,;r; &c ravivnd -
"And old Rahino? What did he
say to your treatment?"
HE was delighted, and frankly Of
fered me anything | would ask for a
remuneration. He sent me score of
doubloOns at once, as an earnest of his
geOd intentions, aud baZoned my sue
cess abroad among his host Of friends
directly. | soon became famous; and
my rooms were for time besieged
| with inva:ds whose ills had been of
short or long duration, and whom nei-
ther my skill nor that of those who
had made attempts on these incura-
bles, could ever relieve them of their
manifold complaints. Still the eonse-
quence of all was, that Isprang at once
into notoriety and splendid remuner-
ative practice and have now very
comfortable competency, as we'll as a
prospective good business"
81 congratulate you, Doctor. But
what became Of the lady ?"
"Oh, Sonora Carlotta? ! had al
most forgotten to say that when l
| fund she was ranidlY imnroYing. |