Posted by caroline on August 07, 1997 at 07:50:07:
In reply to pulling teeth posted by Carolyn on August 06, 1997 at 08:03:03
] Does anyone know who acted as the dentist when you needed a tooth pulled.
] Was it the barber (or is that just in the old west?)
] Was it the surgeon/doctor/apothecary?
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Advice to the Furgeon
As the foldiers are apt to be extremely troublefome to the furgeon of a regiment, and your mate may be ignorant, or too much of a gentleman, take a private man out of the ranks, to act as your deputy.The principal part of his bufinefs will be to bleed, and to drefs fore backs;--
as foon as he is expert in thefe, you may teach him to draw teeth; which is foon acquired - but then he muft take care, in performing this operation, to give the men a confounded pull; - in order to fhew them, that he is not a common tooth-drawer.
You may afterwards teach him the method of making up your prefcriptions. If he fhould miftake arfenic for cream of tartar, it is not your fault,and it is a hundred to one it will never be found out; and fhould he in bleeding divide an artery, or lame a soldier, it is an accident you know, that might have happened to the firft furgeon in England
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