or diagnosis not reached it was common for people to take their lives because living with this pain was such an ordeal."

Relatively unknown

And he said that although the operation has been carried out for over a decade it was still not widely known, with only a handful of surgeons carrying it out.

Jillie Abbott, chairman of the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association, agreed: "Thankfully, the incidence of Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is rare but because of this the association struggles to get its message out to GPs, dentists and specialists, many of whom are shockingly ignorant about the condition and its treatments.

"We constantly give presentations and exhibit at medical conferences across the country.

"These efforts are starting to reap rewards, as we can tell from the number of people who contact us whorailroad business.  John H. Patterson became majority owner in 1884, when the company was renamed The National Cash Register Company.

Ritty was not resentful that he did not benefit much from his invention and maintained friendly relations with John H. Patterson and many times was invited to attend various NCR meetings and conferences.

James Ritty opened another saloon, the Pony House, in 1882 in a building on South Jefferson Street that was previously a school of French and English for young ladies.  For the Pony House, Ritty commissioned wood carvers from Barney and Smith Car Company to turn 5,400 pounds of Honduras mahogany into a bar. The fruit of their labors was a bar  tall and  wide.  The initials JR adorn the center peak and