Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-02-20
A Trick Of the Imagination.

By humoring the fancy Of an invalid,
an acute young surgeon made his fort
une. He was summoned to visit a very
wealthy single lady, far advanced in
years, who had been suffering from an
alleged brist1e Of her toothbrush that
had fastened itself in her throat. She
stated that she had consulted many
eminent surgeons, but they had uni
formly assured her, after critical in
spection, that she was only the victim
of a nervous delusion, that her throat
was perfectly healthy, that the disturb
ance was only5'in her imagination.
"And SO they &C. on, the stupid, per-
verse, obstinate creatures" concluded
the poor lady, Saying there is nothing
the matter with me, while I am dying,
dying, dying" The surgeon caught
his cue, and was equal to the occasion,
and, after examining her throat with
much deliberation, announced that she
was quite right-that the other physi-
clans were mistaken: he could see out
end of the bristle low down, almost the
Of sight, and, if she would permit, he
would run home, get his instruments,
and extract it instantly. Certainly;
that was the very thing she was longing
for. The surgeon presently returned
with q delicate forceps, in the teeth Of
which he concealed .b1istle from o
toothbrush. The lady threw her head
back; the surgeon. introduced his
forceps-a prick, SILVER, scream, and
it was all over. The surgeon, with a
smiling face was closely inspecting the
extracted bristle. The lady was in
raptures; she Immediately recovered
her health and spirits, and went about
everywhere sounding the praises of her
savior as she called the surgeon. From
that fortunate day his fortune was made.
THE CAUSE AND CURE OF sNoK1Na.--
A writer in the Scientific Monthly
cells how the habit of snoring is &C.
quired, and, better, how it may be
cured: And, first, the cause: We all
know that : the air reaches the lungs
through two channels, the nose and the
mouth. The two currents meet in the
throat below the soft palate, the end Of
which hangs loose and swings backward
and forward, producing the snoring.
# the air reaches the lungs as it should,
through the nose, no noise will be made,
If it reaches the same through the
mouth, the palate will make more noise,
since it is not the natural channel, but
when it rushes through both channels,
then it is that the sound sleeper ban
fishes rest from the pillows of his COM
panions7 by his hideous noise. The
remedy for, snoring is to keep the mouth
closed; and for this purpose DR.. Wyeth,
the writer of the article referred to, has
invented an article SO cheap that any
one can make it, and no snorer should
be without It, It consists of q simple Gao
fitting the head snugly, and piece Of
soft material fitting the chin. These
are connected by elastic webbing, which
is connected with the head cap near the
ears. This continuance prevents; the
jaw from dropping down, and thereby
renders snoring impossible. The great
trouble will be to get people to adopt
this invention, since the most honest
and upright people rarely, feYer, admit
that they snore, and will be very indig-
nant if accused Of it. As further
inducement to. this. contriyance4 Of DIR.
Wyeth, it may be added that breathing
through the mouth is very detrimental
to the health, and that many diseases
Of the throat and lungs are contracted
or aggravated thereby. NJ