St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-14
THE TALE OF A T00THACHE.

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not possibly get the tooth out"
mot get it out?" cried Charles
Pimminer, from the dentists chair,
in which he lay back grooming and
nursing his face with a handkerchief.
"Then, hang it all, I've had this 20
minutes excruciating torture for
nothing"
Every sorry-very sorry, indeed, v
repeated Gumsberg. Il anticipated
some difficulty in extracting it. All
the Pimmineer teeth are tight in.
But this one beats the lot. 1t is
actually embedded in the jawbone.
"But l must have it out-l tell
you; must have it out
insisted Pimminer, excitedly. 1--WE
been nearly maddened with tooth
ache for fortnight, and !
really can't stand it any longer.
Have another 60 at it, for PHYS
sake-even if you pull my head of in
the attempt"
"Frankly, dare not venture to
use more force than have already
done. | should inevitably fracture
vour law. " answered GumSberg, with
decision.
"But look here" groaned the
patient, sit must come Quit must
really. And if you won't do 1t Tor
me, Gumsberg, shall have to 60 to
some one else-I shall, upon my
soul"
The eminent dentist shrugged his
shoulders. In his own, and in most
of his patients opinion, there was
hardly any one else-dentally speak
ing.
my dear Mr.. Charles" he said. Il
have been dentist to your family for
80 years. | understand your teeth,
and their formation as nobody else
can. am also considered by many
people" Che spoke with conscious
complacency) ito have acquired
some slight skill in the art OF extrac-
ton. lido not think, therefore, that
you are likely to find another dentist
who could treat you more success
fully. However, you must do as you
please. | can onl Y warn you that,
if you go to some man who is not
acquainted with the formation OF
your jaws and the peculiar brittle
ness of bone which characterizes
them, you are almost certain to sus-
tain a serious fracture. For my own
part, | will not undertake the risk"
Good graciousw protested the suf
fering Pimminer. DO you mean to tell
me that this tooth is to stay in my
head forever, and to go on aching
till further notice ?"
Not quite so bad as that, hope.
! can, no doubt, treat the tooth in
such manner as to allay the pain.
But get it out, l can't, and | shall
not make another attempt. The
tooth, as | tell you, is embedded in
the jaw bone. And it cannot be
extracted without splintering it"
you were never beaten by one of
my teeth BEFORE" said Pimminer
swaying himself two and fro in the
chair, as though he could not keep
still for pain.
mo. The few of yours that | have
already taken out have not pre-
sented the same difficulty. | hope
that this one is single exception.
But, from the look of one or two
others, I'm half afraid, that-um-
err"
THAT they are embedded in the
jaw also ?" demanded poor Pimmi.
ner, in voice of deep dismay.
well, it is rather hard to tell, of
course, until you come to extract
them. But | should not be alto
gether surprised il they turned out
to be so. However, let us hope that
/ am mistaken. For as, both by the
constitution and quality of your
teeth, you are an unusually likely
subject for toothache, and will, |
am afraid, suffer a good deal in the
future from this troublesome affec-
ton, L"
Good heavens! What a prospect
for fellow!" groaned the unhappy
patient ruefully.
"Ah, well, we won't worry about
the future just now" said Mr.. Gums
berg. "We'll devote our energies to
stopping the pain in this grinder.
think had better kill the nerve, per.
haps."
Eyes, do, for heavens sake. wish
you would kill every nerve in my
face" exclaimed the suffering PIN