New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-10


ample. shows by its roster of students how its
instruction is being sought by foreigners from
every part of the civilized world A great mum
Der are Hebrews. who have come children or
whose fathers have emgrated hither from Rus
STA. Germany and Poland. AS Illustration
here few names from the roll:
Piero Fiaschi Australia
Julius Lowenstein, New-York.
josef Mota Ranchel, San Domingo.
Joseph Kramer, Russia.
Edward Ernesti Snider. Canada
Emilio Nj. Agostn Cuba.
Bernard Bernstein, New-York.
Gustaf Herman Areskog. NewYOrk
Frederick August LSieWiSki. New York
Parsegh Gregrore Terzian. Turkey
Louis ZwetSchkenbaum. New-York-
Many graduates of the college who have Rus
sian Polish names drop the final half dozen
syllabIes if they decide to remain in this coun-
try Such names Zalinsky Petermanikor
have been shortened to simple Zall and Peter
man
An Illustration of how even far away Russia
has come TO know of the American forceps was
shown the other day by DIR. Michael WagschaL
a travelling dentist. who announced that he had
sued the brother of the Shah of Persia for the
tidy of So 200
Eight years ago Dr. Wagschal went TO Te-
heran. the capital of Persia. and put out an
American dentist sign. Although born In
Vienna. he had obtained his education in an
American school One day while he was taking
out dead nerve from the tooth of a native Per-
sian royal cOurtier burst into the office with
the news that his royal highness. Maud lilies
Sultan. had a raging toothache.
He wants you to come and pull 1t out" ex-
claimed the messenger. IF you succeed in
granting him peace he will make you richr'
Such sudden fortune the doctor had hardly ex-
pected but he took a last jab at the dead nerve
and hurried to the palace. On his arrival he
found that Maud had been persuaded by his
court attendants not TO trust the American
humbus. as they called him. They said that
the doctor would poison him. and that he should
let his court barber pull out the tooth. So the
barber was called in and told to go to work
Maud was commanded to lie down on the floor.
end then the barber rested knee on his chest
After prying open the royal mouth the barber
adjusted pair Of tweezers 10 the inhamed
tooth. and. bracing himself still further. gave
the tweezers savage twist The barber at
once landed on his head and his highness on
his feet. royal yell resounded through the
palace. The barber ordered 10 be buried
alive. and then DIR. WagschaI again was sum
moned- BY the aid of little cocaine the doc
tor pulled the tooth quickly that his high
ness did not know it was out The doctor found
that all of Mazud's teeth were decayed. and
after seven months of patient coddling all OF
the royal teeth were finally extracted. The doc
tor made his royal patient several sets OF
teeth. and 50 pleased Maud that he promised
10 pay the doctor q pension the rest of his life
The pension. however. has gone unpaid for
eight years.
In many other countries besides Persia where
educational standards far higher. native
dentists use such crude and cruel methods in
treating" teeth that the people prefer to suf-
fer all the pangs OF toothache. and even let
their teeth decay and drop out rather than sit
in the dental chairs. American dentists have
become legion in Europe. yet the members Of
many old conservative families prefer to let
their teeth co. their fathers and grand
fathers did before them In Russia among the
lower classes a peasant will wait until the
agony of an infamed tooth becomes unendura-
BILE, when he will get another peasant to pull il
out with an ordinary pair OF pincers. Ere
quently the jaw is broken In St Petersburg
in the last year the police recorded one hun
dred and twenty suicides from toothache alone
Death is preferable to broken jaw in the
minds of
Though the art OF dentistry was little known
among the people Of India before the British
soldier and the American dentist came never
thelesS these people had far less need of the
dental surgeon than the Americans and the
English AS far back the most shadowy
legend. the native Of India has been wont to
keep his teeth white as the elephant tusk