The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-26
DRAWING i TOOTH
Tushmaker's Pulling MachIneWas
q Wonderful Invention.
KILLED HIS FIRST PATIENT.

Bot Ths. Simply cou;dn'. Sc Helped.
and tho Autopsy Showed Why .he
V;esio, Lifted His Eight leg Each
Time shs Lever Was Turned
Mir Tashmakcr was never regularly
orcd rs i physician or surgeon. but be
possessed naturally = strong Gecllan
ical genius and fine appetite. and.
finding his teeth OF great service in
gratifying the latter propensity. be
concluded that nc could do moro good
in the world and create more real hap
piness therein hy putting the teeth
OF its inhabitants in good order than
in any other way. SO TuShccaGcr be-
came dentist
He was the man who first invented
the method OF placing small cog
wheels in the back teeth for the more
perfect mas.ication OF food. and he
claimed to be the original discoverer
Of that method Of filing cavities with
:, kind Of putty which. becoming hard
di,sctly. causes the tooth TO ache so
srierously that 1t has to be pulled.
thereby giving the dentist two sue
ccss:re fees for the same JOB.
Tushnakcr WAS one day serted in
his Office in the city Of Boston when 2
stcu. old fellow named Byles Pre-
Sente. himself TO have 4 back tooth
drawn. The dentist seated bis patient
in the chair OF torture and. opening
his mouth. discovered there IN ccor.
nous tooth on the right hand side
about rs large. as be aftesward e1-
pressed il. '.as small polyslot b.
ble.'' .! shall have trouble with this
tooth thought Tushmaker. but he
clapped on his heaviest forccps and
pulled. Il didn't come. Then he tried
the rurnscrcw. exe1ttoS his utmost
strength. but the tooth wouldn't sti-.
Go away from here" said Iash-
maker to Byles. and return in Z week
and IL Sraw that tooth fo- you or
know the reason why" Sy!es got up.
.clapped 4 handkerchief to his jaw and
put forth
Then the dentist went to work. and
in three days he invented an insru-
:nent which he was confident wocld
pull ANYTHING Il was combination
Of the lever. pulley. wheel and axle,
inclined plane. wedge and screw. The
castings were made and the machine
put up IN the ca.e over an !coa ceair
rendered perfectly stationary by iron
rods going down into the foundations
OF tic granite building
In q week old Byles returned BE
was clanped into the iron chair. the
forceps connected with the machine
attached firmly to the tooth. and Tusa-
maker, ssat;oninS himself in the rear.
took hold Of lever four feet in
length. BE turned It slightly. Old
By,es gave a sroan and lifted his
right leg. Another turl. another
;roan. and up went the Les again.
What do yoc raise your les for"
asked the doctor.
81 can't help It" said the patient
We'll" rejoined Tushuaker. that
atooth IS bound 20 come out now.
He turned the lever clear round With
= sudden jerk and snapped old by!eS
head clean and clear from his shou!-
slers. leaving = space Of four inches
between the severed parts They had
q postuoreem examination The roots
of TIE tooth were found extending
down the right side, through the r'she
leg and turning up in two pronss IN
der the sole OF the risnt foot
.No wonder" said TasanaSer. he
raised his right leg"
The jury thought so. too. but shey
found the roots much decayec. and.
ave surgeons swearing that uoydhca-
ton would have ensued n Few
months. Trshraaker was cleared on
verdict Of .just;Sable homicide"
He was . little shy Of that instru-
nent for some time afterward. but
one day an old lady. feeble and faccid.
came in to have 4 tooth drawn ana.
thinking that It would come oct ycry
easy, Tushmaser concluded. just by
way Of variety. TO try the machine
he did so and At the frst turn drew
the old lady's skeleton completely and
entirely from her body. leaving her
mass OF quiver:ns Jelly IN her chair.
Tushnaker, TOOK her home IN pillow
case. She lived seven years after that.
and they called her the India rubber
woman" She had suffered terribly
with the rheumatism. but after this
occurrence never had pain N her
bones. The dentist kept them in
glass case.
After this the machine was sold to
the contractor Of the Boston custom
house, and It was found that child
Of three years OF age could. By SIN
gle TURF Of the screw. raise stone
weighing tweasy-three tons Smaller
ones weSe made on the same principle
and sold % the keepers OF hotels and
restaurants They were -Ised Scr bon
ing turkeys There IS no moral to this
story whatever. and It IS possible that
the circumstances may have become
slightly exaggerated OF course there
csn be 90 doubt oe the truth OF the
man iaci6ea:s.-John Phoenix.