Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-30
DRAWING A TOOTH
TuShmaker's Pulling Machine Was
a Wonderful invention.
KILLED HIS FIRST PATIENT.
Cut That Simply Couldn't BE Helped.
and the Autopsy Showed Why the
Victim Lifted His Right Leg Each
Time tho Lever Was Turned.

MI. Iushmaker was never regularly
bred as physician or surgeon. but he
possessed naturally strong mechan-
lcal genius and a fine appetite. and,
finding his teeth of great service I'm
gratifying the latter propensity. he
concluded that hc ruIld ,hb moro good
In the world and create more real han.
piness therein hy putting The Irr;h
of its inhabitants In good order chan
In any other way. so Tusbmaker be-
came dentist.
He was the man who first invented
the method OF placing small cog
wheels in the hack teeth for The more
perfect masticatiuu OF food and he
claimed 20 be tie original discoverer
or that method Of filling cavities with
n kind of putty Which. becoming hard
directly, causes the tooth TO ache so
grievously that il has To he pulled,
thereby giving the dentist TWO sue.
cessive fees for the same Job
Tushmaker was one day seated In
his office I'm the city of Boston when q
stout old fellow named Byles pre-
scnted himself TO have back tooth
Crawn. The dentist seated his patient
IN the chair OF torture and. opening
lis mouth. discovered there an enor-
NOUS tooth on the right hand side
about as large. as he afterward OK
pressed 1T, ''as a small polygIot Bic
Dle." 81 shall have trouble with this
TOOTH" thought Tushrnaker. but he
clapped on his heaviest forceps and
pulled. IT didn't come. Then he tried
the turnscrew. exerting his utmost
strength, but the tooth wouldn't stir.
Go away from here" said Tush-
maker to Byles. land return in a week
and Ill draw that tooth for you OF
know the reason why" Byles got up,
clapped handkerchief to his jaw and
put forth
Then the dentist went TO work, and
in three days he invented an instru-
ment which he was confident would
pull anything It was a combination
OF the lever pulley. wheel and axle,
inclined plane. wedge and screw. The
castings were made and the machine
put up In the office over an iron chair
y
rods going down into the foundations
OK the granite building.
In week old Byies returned. He
was clamped into the iron chair, the
fOrceps connected with the machine
attached firmly TO the tooth. and Tush-
maker, stationiDg himself in the rear,
took hold OF a lever four feet I'm
longth He turned 1t slightly Old
liyles gave n groan and lifted his
rght leg Another turn. another
groan, and up went the leg again.
What do you raise your leg forT'
asked the doctor.
~ can't help IT," said the patient.
Well" rejolned Tushmaker. that
tooth is bound 70 come out now"
He turned the lever clear round with
q sudden jerk and snapped old ByIes'
lead clean aud clear from his shout
deRs, leaving space OF four inches
letween the severed parts. They had
n postmortem examination. The roots
~ the tooth were found extending
down the right side. through the right
!sg and turning up in two prongs uu.
Ger the sole OF the right foot
NO wonder" said Tushmaker "he
raised his right leg"
The jury thought SO too. but they
found the roots much decayed and.
$40 surgeons swearing that mortiGca-
iiOn would have ensucd in few
months, Tushmaker was cleared on a
verdict OF "justiGable homicide"
He was a little shy OF that instru.