The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-24

| 9th PULLED. F1)d ONE
MOUTH AND TRANSPLANT: ','
>2E I; ED 1c,,l% "-A,so THER: ''~
DR.. Charles W. y Dunelevy, Of
North Seventh street, who has re-.
ted 2lAtlN1!!t: ca. city sof
his nativity,=a after several years
spent in the golden fields Of South
Africa, was the recipient Of the.
largest fee ever paid to dentist
for pullinga single tooth, according
to the belief of some of his success
full colleagues in this city. The sue
cessful extraction of this saved the
doctor a bill for $500 damages, gain
ed for him the best advertisement
ever received by a dentist in South
Africa, and enapled him to sell the
extracted molar for 5000, making. in
all a clear profit Of $1,000 on tho
tooth.
LAS I look back on the pulling of
the tooth it is a laughable matter"
said DIR. Dunlevy yesterday, ''but
at the time it jeoparlized my
reputation as dentist through
threatening to bring me into disre-
pute, and jeopardized the reputation
of my alma mater, the University
of Pennsylvania, first class
dental college. Fortunately the
fame of the school was preserved,
and 1 left the country classed in
the front rank of resident dentists.
II went to South Africa fresh
from college just after the gold
excitement became SO intense there,
some years ago. There were few
English dentists down there, and
scarcely any of them seemed fully
up to the latest, wrinkles in dentistry.
Forthwith I let it he known that
the Yankee dentist was willing
to try some experiments hitherto
scarcely dreamed of let alone at
tempted, by the dentists of the
country. My first critical case was
that of skeptical old Englishman,
who was suffering from long
standing disease of the teeth.
I guaranteed to cure the case pro-
vided the patient would permit me
to pull one of his teeth and properly
treat the 9th rs.
"Just after the tooth had been
pulled "a . wealthy merchant
partner Of the famous Barney
Balnato, came into the Office and
asked me if I could transplant a
tooth into a cavity in the front
pArt of his mouth; he had heard
this could he done. offered to
:; make the attempt and by luck, the
tooth / had just pulled was a cores
Fpondingly tooth, still dripping with
blood, inserted it into the jaw Of the
second man, ligatured it in, and re-
fused to take any pay for the opera
ton until six monhs had expired,
which time I figured the failure or
success of the experiment would be
clearly demonstrated.
1.-The two strangers left the Office
apparently satisfied, but two or
three weeks later my troubles
began. The first mans teeth did
not heal as rapidly as he thought
they should. He demanded salts
faction. I asked him to be patient.
For reply he began circulating the
report that l had pulled the wrong
tooth and bungled the job generally.
The matter was widely advertised
by the patient, who really believed
himself to be grievously injured
man. He and his solicitors called
on ME, demanding satisfaction.
In desperation i asked the man to
state his damages, and agreed to pay
him $500 to shut up.
"Then my inning came. In about
two months the man, who demand
ed the $500 damages walked in,
acknowledged that the treatment
/,,1 ,,rovo1 q cnn,n1ofa 1,1ccpsa and
S ii for me to keep the $780, At
t., end Of the six months prescribed
scv.. the man who had come into
lh.ssession of the tooth of that in
.i1idual walked into the office de-
lighted, and handed me 5000 in gold.
Both men became good friends of /
mine, and l had all the business I
could do until my health failed and
lad to come back to the United