The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-06-04

prices and L gave them to her. she
told me she had been sick, unable to
work and Iasked her her troubles.
She said the doctors told her she
had heart trouble. 1, told her I
would't hike to use local anaesthetic
if she had heart trouble. Her sister
said she thought she had indigestion
instead of heart trouble. I told her
if she had indigestion, it would do
no harm to use anaesthetic. She said
she. wasn't well, but her nerves were
good. She could stand almost any
thing. I said I didn' It like much to
tackle the job, but she said it looks
like if I can stand it, you can. Her
upper teeth were already pulled. She
said Mr.. Taylor had taken them out
; I asked her if Mr.. Taylor used local
anacsthetic and she said he did. [
told her to come out on the back
piazza and try it and see if she would
take the anaesthetic all right. She
came out and / put the anaesthctic
around one or two teeth, then I ask
ed how she was feeling and she said
she felt all right, for me to go ahead,
and repeated that she was sickly,
but that she had a good nerve. I
finished putting it around the teeth
and extracted them. Then I asked
for camphor and bathed her face in
camphor and cold water, as I always
do, and gave her a glass of water
| with camphor in it to wash her mouth
out. / then sat down and talked to
her and her sister. think saw her
from the mill window and came
home. The younger sister asked the
older one if they hurt her, she said
10, it didn't hurt, and the younger
sister said she had two that she
would like to have pulled. I told her
to let me take them out for her while
[ was here. [ took two teeth out
and she went on back to the mill
The lady that. is dead told her~sistcr,
"a lady at the house, to get her purse
and pay me. told her not to be in
any hurry as [ wanted to stay around
and see how she was going to get
along. felt her hands and they
were cold. I told her sister to rub
one Of her hands and I rubbed the
other and we would start circulation.
Mis-. Berry said her hands we're al
ways cold, that she was "a subject to
those spells. I asked her to lie down
and wrap up and get warm. She
said she couldn't lie down that she
had smothering spells. T asked her
if she had asthma and she said no,
she thought it was her heart. I then
asked how she was feeling. I was
getting ready to go have some mon-
ey changed. She gave me $500 bill
and I didn't have any change. I
said, I will get it changed and want
to come back after a while and see
how you are getting along. When I
came back 7 asked her how she was
feeling, and she said about as we'll
as usual, as she was always sick. l
told her sister to get something and
put around her and they brought an
overcoat out there. I told her, we'll
- ''ilC tH'tS'hI oHC "hS All IlSHI, L
would knock around and call back to
see her again. While I was knocking
around Mr.. Dodd sent word to me
to be at his house at 12 O'Clock to
see his wife. They thought she had
piece of tooth left in her gums.
/ went to Mr.. Dodd's house a few
minutes before 12, I waited for him
to come home. I told Mr.. Dold if
there was a piece in there to let it
alone it would come down to sur
face of gums. I talked to Mr.. Dodd
a few minutes and went towards
Mrs. Berry's again. Just before T
got to Mrs. Bery's I met her faith
er. Fer father t::d me tha. his
daughter was very sick and for me
f.. go Oh lown :'tre to see her. |
went d,S! " ! ; und her III :, r,T":l,
lad cond't; II. told her she IN
Letter s'd FIR doctor. Her sis
cr spok: mp and said it v..sr't nee
ry. = ~! the doctor wouldn't
de anything es '"pt inject morph;n:
in her gums. I told her that would
give her relief, and asked if she had
ever had a spell that bad before.
She Mrs. Berry's sister) said she
had had several spells that bad be-
fore. [ told her we'll, would rath-