Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-11-16
DRAWING 4 TOOTH
TuShmaker's Pulling Machine Was
a Wonderful Invention.
KILLED HIS FIRST PATIENT.

But That Simply couldn't Be Helped.
and the Autopsy Showed Why tho
Victim Lifted His Right Leg Each
Time the Lever Yves Turned
Mr.. TuShmaker WAS never regularly
bred rs Il physician or surgeon. but he
possessed naturally a strong mechan-
zeal genius and dne appetite. and,
finding his teeth OF great service in
gratifying the latter propensity. he
concluded that he could do more good
in the world and create moro real hap
pineSs therein by putting the teeth
Of its inhabitants I'm good order than
in any other way. so Tushmaker 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 mastication OF food. and he
claimed 20 be the original discovercr
Of that method of films cavities with
a kind of putty which. becoming hard
directly. causes The tooth TO ache 50
grievouSly that IL has TO hc pulled.
thereby giving The dentist two sue
ceSSive fees Tor thc Same job
TushmaSrr was one day seated in
his office in the city of BuSton when
stout old fellow named Bylcs pre-
scented himself Ia have "a back tooth
drawn The dentist seated his patient
In the chair OF torture and. opening
his mouth. discovered there an enor-
nous tooth on the right hand side
about as large. as he afiVrward cx-
pressed IT, "aS a small poiyglot FL
BILE Il shall have trouble with this
tooth" thought Tushmakcr. but he
clapped on his heaviest forccps and
pulled. II didn't come Then hc tried
the turnScrew. eXcrting his utmost
strength. but the tooth wouldn't stir.
Go away from here" said Tush-
maker 70 Byics "and return in n week
and I'll draw that tooth Tor YOU or
know the reason why" Byles got ~.
clapped handkerchief to his jaw AMI
put forth
Then the dentist went 60 work. aud
in three days he Invented an instru-
ment which be was confide-t would
pull anything. IL was combination
Of the lever. pulley. wheel aud axle.
inclined plane wedge and screw The
castings were made and the machine
put up in the Office over an iron chair
rendered perfectly stationary by iron
rods going down into the foundat lions
OF the granite building.
In 4 week old Bylcs returned lie
was clamped into the iron chair. tho
forceps connected with the machine
attached firmly 10 the tooth. aud Tush-
maker. stationlng himself In the rear.
took hold of lever four feet in
length. He turned Il slightly Old
Byles gave groan and lifted his
right leg. Another turn. another
groan, and UP went the leg again.
What do YOU raise your leg forf"
asked the doctor
Il can't help it." said the patient.
We'll" rejoined TuShmaker. that
tooth is bound 10 come out now"
He turned the lever clear round with
a sudden Jerk and snapped old Bylcs'
head clean aud clear from his shout
ders. leaving a space OF four inches
between the severed parts. They had
4 postmortem examination. The roots
OF the tooth were found extending
down the right side. through the right
| leg and turning up I'm two prongs un-
der the sole Of the right foot
NO wonder" said Tushmakcr. abe
raised his right leg"
The jury thought so. too. but they
| found the roots much decOyed. and.
five surgeons swearing that mortifca-
ton would have ensued In few
months. Tushmaker was cleared on Il
verdict of "justifable homicide"
He was 4 little shy OF that instru.
ment for some time ufterward. but
one day an old lady. feeble and faccid
came in 10 have tooth drawn. and.
| thinking that II would came ont very
| easy. Tushmaker concluded. just by
way Of variety. To try the machine
He did so and NJ the hrst turn drew
the old lady's skeleton completely and
entirely from her body. leaving her a
mass Of Quivering jelly in her chair
Tushmaker took her home in a 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 a pain in her
bones. The dentist kept them in a
glass case.
After this the machine was sold 10
the contractor of the Boston custom
house. and it was found that a child
OF three years OF age could. by IA sin
| gle turn Of the screw. raise a stone
weighing twenty-three tons. Smaller
ones were made on the same principle
and sold to the keepers Of hotels and
restaurants. They were used for bon
| Ing turkeys. There is no moral to this
story whatever, and II is possible that
the circumstances may have become
slightly exaggerated. or course there
| can be no doubt of the truth of the
| an IL