Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-17
TEETH OF GREATsoLDiERs
uoy Noted Men Act Under the
i,eutist's Firm Hand.
r.. .hl Chicnn, paRu VIEWS .


,,.tor "You are only about the average
.atipnt. and it would surprise you to see
p SINE of the big men act when they
LONE here to get their teeth hxed' Gen.
CVp, ni53n for example, is one of the
rne' ''' nan in dentists CHAIR you ever
and Gen. Logan is even worse than
sa"' TVby. Logan is as tender as baby,
ue' viii shrink at the slightest touch on
nv nerves. while I suppose there were
u l9 two drawer men in battle than they.
me- snarmap. too, is about as bad, and
~ "a if he were going to have a tit
Hhsuever the drill is put into his teeth.
~ inmps. and grunts, and groans, and
saGos on worse than if he were having his
lee cut on. ,so Tho oor+rorv ros
ore Of the most patient and enduring men
SnIor saw. | have had him in my chair
a1nnn,ber OF times, and have filled lot of
s,D teeth. He would sit quietly, without
notinp moan or saying a word from the
inc that he took his seat until the job
,as finished, He always seemed to be
"nateTnl that had not caused him any
k 80 main. and when ! would ask him, as
Al sometimes: Does that hurt you,
ceneraI?' he would reply: oh, no, not
much; 20 on and let's get done with it;
he sooner the job is over the BETTER
"4ndrew johnson, when he was Vice
President, and while ne was in the Senate,
came to my office several times, ana was
very good patient, taking things phil
nsonhically and making me little trouble.
once filed four teeth for MIN at sit
ting and every one of them was in very
had condition. The Job lasted nearly five
hours. and must have hurt him dread
TnIIv. but he never WINGED, and did not
seem to have any nerves at all.
sold Zach Chandler was another good
ootiant. He would sit In the chair almost
hoti0pless, and would let me drill away
at his teeth without any remonstrance or
show of pain. But one time when under
took to draw tooth for him l thought the
hid man would go crazy. 1t was tough
Md grinder, and had been troubling him
n good deal. being liberated around the
roots. | got good hold with the nippers.
and the first time / nearly lifted him out
nj the chair. But 1t did not come. | took
hold again and lifted him the same as
before. | saw that his face was quite
male. and asked him il he did not want to
to.t? He SAID: No, would like to have
If out at once.' But as the operation was
evidently so painful, and as ne seemed to
keen growing paler, l suggested that he
had better take ether. lie declined, say
Ing that be never took an an@sthetic in
his lite and never would. Turning
around sharply, he told me to go on and
have it over without any further delay. l
got hold again and gave jerk that drew
The tooth from his head. He lay back in
the chair entirely exhausted and closed
his ewes. | thought for moment that he
would faint, and brought him glass of
water, asking hit hurt him much. Look
Ing up to me, he said: Yes, it hurts
like -
There is a naval officer in this city,
whose name | will not mention, who
breads to have his teeth touched more
than any man that l ever saw. The first
time that he came here to have JOB done
be frightened me SO that l was ON the
point of telling him to go somewhere else
for his dentistry. 1t was not a difficult
or painful operation; simply the filing of
small cavity in one of bis front teeth.
but when l put the drill upon him |
thought that he would jump out of the
chair. He threw up his arms and knock
ing over the stand turned on me with a
vOlley of the most fearful oaths, and de-
clared that If hurt him that way again
he would cut my head open, Then he
settled back again and said: Now, be
careful; there is no sense in killing a man
In little job like this
81 put the drill on him again. and it had
no more than touched his tooth, when he
sprang up with another eruption OF bad
language, denounced me as a butcher,
and said that he would not endure such
treatment any longer. L demonstrated,
told him that 1t was necessary to clear
out the cavity so that the filing would
adhere, and said that | would be as gentle
as possible. But 1t took me a whole
afternoon to finish that tooth, and would
not touch him again tor any amount of
money. This man was one of the bravest
and most famous naval officers of the
war. Nothing in battle ever frightened
MIN, and his deeds have a large place in
history.
81 find almost without exception that
mllltary and naval men are great towards
IN the dentists chair; the drawer they are
ID battle the more nervous they seem to
De Wnen they come to get their teeth fixed.
admiral Jouett is one OF the few ex-
eeptions. never saw man who could
stand more pulling, filling, and hammer
Ihg IMAM ne. Sometimes when have had
AdrlIl IN his mouth and stopped to make
al examination he would sing out: Let
her 20, doctor. Give her another broad
slde. Jam it to herr And then again he
would shout, as l would put the drill in
MS mouth: Give it to her, now, all
hands He would sit for hours and let
joyed it,
81 think about the worst patient ever
nag' even worse than the old Admiral /
tolo you Of, was an officer of the army,
lormerly on Gen. Howard's staff. He was
very gallant officer during the war, was
slot all TO pieces, and, believe, has since
uleu from the wounds he received in
patue. AT the time he came to me he
was lull OF lead, and carried the scars he
reserved In battle. But | never in
OIL my lie had so nervous and excitable
man IN my chair, Every time 1 made
move toward him he would shrink. and
once when touched the nerves he shed
neuuIhe tears and begged me, like a child
again."
ueh' Rosser, the Confederate cavalry
Ieauer' who is here attending court as a
witness in the Belt divorce case. went
ppo"n 20 see the panorama of the battle OF
n Du,i nun with Gen. Maury, recently ap-
IN i"teu minister to Colombia, and they
NJ W taking OF Stonewall Jackson.
10 you know" said Rosser, "that
NH on; jackson mad number OF very re-
~ idiosyncrasies, and they were
~ peculiar as TO convince some people
, rnat ne was insaneI But If he had had
n moIe sucn crazy men in the Confederate
~. W{ II "ould have been better for us.
a. tut example, Gen. jackson had an
&c, Iea mat one side OF his body was heavier
SsnSh the other. IL was his right side. and
rn used TO carry weights on his left to
nsAs up the difference. Once when he
Vas PRESIDENT of the Military Institute Of