The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-08-31
GRENADA, MISS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1899.

wash it down." "Put it in his mouth,
and poured the water in his mouth, and
his jaws lockedv' Asked the Doctor in
credulously.
.:Yes Doctor l certainly did," "Well
it is the most remarkable case of tetanus
that Ihave ever heard Of" replied the
NJ. D., still unsatisfed. "Well, | wish
you would come and look at him, you
needn't even let him know that you are
Doctor, and I'll not mention your visit
to old DR.. W. Now please do come, just
as a favor to me, and just take one look
at the poor man."
The Doctor thus persuaded, finally
allowed himself to be prevailed on just
to take one look, at case in which his
curiosity had been aroused. The patient
by this time was suffering the agonies of
the damned, and in reality was in some
danger of incurring the disease which
had been assigned by the ignorance of
the human ass. galloping around IN the
guise of Doctor. AS soon as DR.. IL.
entered the room and saw the poor wretch
with his mouth gagged open, be knew
what was the trouble. The landlady in,
troduced him to the sufferer, but he stop
ped not nor spoke. Walking straight up
to the sick man, who was again lying on
the bed, he inserted each thumb in his
mouth, took trm grip of the lower jaw,
and by simple but carefully directed
lifting of the bone to the proper angle,
the dislocation was reduced and the balls
fell into their proper sockest, in less time
than it could be told. The patient had
groaned a little louder than usual dur
ing the operation. for of course it to some
extent augmented his pain, but when his
mouth closed his eyes also closed, and a
sigh of the deepest satisfaction he had
ever known was waited upward from
his heart.
The landlady was amazed, and grati-
fed beyond expression. Dr. Fl. of course
felt very indignant that a man who
claimed to belong to the profession OF
which he was member, should this by
his inexcusable ignorance be guilty Of
crime, as causing the unnecessary suffer"
| ing of a fellow creature, and then to
think that such men as these are actually
authorized by law, to continue in their
evil doing. Want of space forbids m y
telling about what cYssing old DR.. W.
| received from this patient, for a fee when
he came around next morning, andhe was
| really disposed to think at first that his
| prescription had accomplished the
desired result, and that there was some
sort of conspiracy on hand to rob him OF
his laurels. Avery plain, straight talk,
however, from DR.. H. convinced and satis-
fed him, and he was glad enough to get
off withouta suit against him for damages
for malpractice.
As abb ured as this story may appear,
| the salient points are true. DR.. W.
| doest not live IN San Antonio, but he
does live in Texas, and he certainly did
diagnose case of dislocation of the jaw
bone as lock jaw, and prescribed calomel
and salts. II another physician had not
been called in the patient would have
died, a terrible death, These facts can
be substantiated by a number of wit
nesses, and they came under my own
observation, Dr.. w. is still living and
practicing in the same town, and enjoys
| the confidence of a great many gooc
people, both as a good man and goot
| doctor. But one thing sure, he can neve
| roll any pills for.
Yours Truly
OLIVER SUDDEN.