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Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
03-05-2016, 07:38 PM
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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
According to the source I cheated with, that dentist's name was Dr. Wexley Wampler in Humboldt, Illinois. The source also says that Lincoln hated going to the dentist (I'm with him!) and probably only went four times in his life. His first time required an extraction, and the dentist yanked so hard that he took a piece of Lincoln's jawbone.

The article also mentions an 1862 visit to D.C. dentist Dr. G.S. Wolf. It was for an extraction also, but this time Abe came prepared. He now knew of chloroform being used on soldiers to block pain, so he brought a small vial with him and held the doctor at bay until he took a whiff.
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