The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-04

and were puzzled 70 give name 10 the
disease. Finally his Jaw became swollen
to such an extent, and the agony became
so insupDortable thar he was forced 70
give mp ali attempts 70 carry On his eleri-
cal duties. and resigned his charge
On the advice OF New York physicians.
whom he consulted. Mr.. LiveTmore went
to Boston in June, 1893. TO place himself
under the care OF Dr.. A. ?. Crosby.
specialist in diseases OF the head. OF
national repute Dr. Crosby examined
Mr. Livermore's law, and called IN Dr.
". S. Smith chief OF the surgical depart
ment OF the Massachusetts Homeopathic
Hospital. and a leading member % rs
/ faculty Together the surgeons went ever
the case. cutting into the muscular tissues
and taking portions Of the sswtona for
bacterial culture development.
At the end Of forty-eight hours Mr..
Livermore was informed by the doctors
that he was a sufferer from eudotheli0ula.
one of the rarest diseases known 70 the
medical dictionary. Endothelioma Is a
disease which attacks the bones Of the
/ head. and is somewhat Ike cancer. Under
/ It's attack the bones rot and disintregvate.
and finally the brain Is reached, and death
relieves the sufferer,
/ It is universally fatal
I IN no case among the few whicH have
come under the attention Of American
surgeons has c cnre been effected.
! Yet. in the case of Mr.. Livermore, he
/ surgeons informed him that 2erhaDs bis
/ case was not quite hopeless. as the dis
ease had only up 70 that time attacked
( the lower right jawbone II he would
! consent to have that entirely removed By
! an operation the chances were perhaps
/ one in hundred that he might recover.
/ but that he would be obliged to pass the
remainder of his life without the right
/ jaw. since science, uD TO that time. had
1 failed 10 produce a successful substitute.
He was also told that his usefulness as
a minister Of the Gospel would be com
pleteIy at an end. as the loss OF the Jaw
would do away with all plain articulation,
even If it did not render It impossible for
him to make himself understood.
The alternative was death.
without an operation. six months OF
terrible suffering must see the end.
The Rev. Livermore chose the opera
ton.
IN the fall of last year DR.. Smith per
formed the operation ar the HomOeO-
pathic Hospital. and completely removed
the right lower jaw The diseased bone
had thickened to four times its normal
size. and was still swelling when It was
removed. All the teeth IN the right lower
side OF the mouth were. OF course. re-
moved with the jaw
The photograph of Mr.. Livermore was
taken after the operation. showing NOR,
or less clearly. the caving-in Of the righf
side Of the face caused BY the loss OF tht
Jaw With the loss of the right lower jaw
the left lower invOIuntarily "sagged still
further to the left, causing the teeth o.
the upper jaw 70 much overlap those OF
the lower, and making masticatiou % sOli,
food totally impossible. The mouth, also
became so ''skewed'' 10 the left so tina
articulation. as the doctors had previousli
promised the patient. also became fmpos
sible.
Mr.. Livermore was to all practical pur
poses, dumb. He was also obliged 70 sub
sist entirely on liquid food.
The clergyman's mental sufferings wer
such that Dr. Smith. who had perforrne'
the operation, began to cast about in hi
mind for some possible means Of relieving
him. II occurred 10 the doctor shat Their
was young dentist Of ,his Acquaintance
: who had previously. 10 his knowledge. per
formed some rather clever dental opera
tions in several cases Of necrosis u tn
jawbone with very successful results
He alsoi remembered. though that fher
was no operation whatever IN the historl
OF dental surgery wherein successful
substitute had been fashioned FOR the eu
tire Jaw. Nevertheless. the doctor bega'
to believe that. II anyone could. his youni
friend. Dr. Freeman. was the man 20 Re
heve Mr. Livermore
In the month % October Or smlt
brought Mr. Livermore 10 DR.. Freeman
Offices, on Boylston street. where the lat
ter examined the case. u seemed hopeles
at first. but he did not say that the tas
was impossible. Instead. the young den
, list closed his Offices % his clients IN
next morning. and began work on the tas
Of relieving the dumb and starving cIersy
r man.
Plaster casts Of the teeth in The righ
! / upper jaw. and. IN fact. q what reHAire
OF the lower were made. and or the mex
month Dr.. Freeman worked night ard da
over the problem.
Il was easy enough 70 manufacture
= lower law but-it was not so easy 70 max
that lower iaw perform al the function
? Of the natural one.
, Perfect success demanded that the h8r
: zontaI rotary movement. a. well as the y
and down movement necessary f5r mast
=, cation. should De impaired 20 the subsr
tute Then IN no way could che artfcis
s teeth Be made 20 perfectly conform Wit
those - The upper Jaw
To obviate the difficulty Dr. Freeua
fled ali of Bfr Llvermors's rsmsinla
: teeth u A uniform regularity. In m
q guttapercha substitute for thu Jaw. whie
he then prepared. SIX artificial teerb We
: Inserted a. rfEht angles 70 the lasr nao-a
: Five q The tern carresp7n3inz 20 taos
f. IN the upper 5aw we're then "erowHes!
IN enc solid riere-an act directly autag'
nisrlc 20 che frost u7-;o-date opinion
+. dental surgery. yet renGere1 neeeesary ?
: the remaining ezigsueses in this parti-'
lar case
All TIE remaining se~ts "a ire ~ iow'
Jaw weer tss1 -'erozne1 ard OVER e
last "a artifcisI -gbf-e- vas iaserted
\ hold them 81 place
> To give t5e vertical Increment 4 e
; naz taw simple ban and sa-ks. t-i
! vas inserted AID r1vetes IN tfe rsa- - 2
zr-zaciaI article sn4 ttse rotary uloEer-r
vas rendered 2as-i5fe - suazil b4r si'
lnr n rne tzbe attained 30 ta.E r. f
#. iass wsak - 9SsSernhe- az neT 81"
!. finally inserted and ouce rlu1s ~ Iase
more found tsst re- eas1 s--.eslate ~
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