Oh That Molar!

The subject is very ludicrous, and in the opening scene we have the patient with his face somewhat distorted by the swelling of the jaw, superinduced by an aching molar. The wife is attempting to do what she can to alleviate the pain and is not only unsuccessful, but also meets with rebuke. Finally the patient retires, but restlessly tosses himself and at 2:45 a.m. he is almost frantic with pain, and the wife, taking compassion, tries to pull the tooth with a string, in which endeavor she succeeds. Retiring, he now goes to sleep and dreams that he has lost all of his teeth and that an automobile is resetting them in the sockets of his jaw. The dream is realistically reproduced. However, his ravings are so violent as to incur the displeasure of his ever indulgent wife, and driven to the limit of her patience she now administers a trouncing with a pillow; the tick bursts and feathers cover the room, when the brave man is vanquished.