In the Zemsky hospital there is a reception. The doctor left to marry, that’s why the patient receives a paramedic named Kuryatin. He is about forty years old, dressed simply and untidy. In the hand the paramedic is holding a foul-smelling cigar. Here came the sexton Vonmiglasov, brought the prosphora. The paramedic asked what had happened. The deacon complains of a strong toothache. He says that neither is, nor can not drink. The paramedic ordered the sexton to sit down and open his mouth. It can be seen that there is a big hollow in one tooth. The sexton tells about the means that the kind people advised him. He tried to put vodka with horseradish, but this remedy did not help him. He was also advised to rinse his mouth with warm milk. But he does not want to try this remedy, because there is fasting, and milk can not be drunk. The paramedic thought and said that you need to tear the tooth. The sexton agrees. He says: “You better know, Sergey Kuzmich. On that you are trained to understand this matter as it is, what to tear, and what drops or other things… On that you, benefactors, and are set, God grant you health, so that we for you day and night, fathers native… on the coffin of life… “The paramedic takes the necessary tools and tells that for him, any” surgery is nothing. “He says that the landowner Alexander Ivanych of Egypt came very recently and had a toothache. educated and intelligent person, he is acquainted with many
Summary of Chekhov’s Surgery
2017-07-07