Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-07-26
EXCIsION OF TEETH

0G 6AuCE UIE6FtGn
to a surgical innovation, in~geaiou,l,
conceived and successfully practised by
one Of our own country men now resi-.
dent in London, where, in innumerabl.
instances, it has been fatteringly sub.i.
tuted for charlottesville ordinary mod.
of relieving the tooth-ach and cheek.
Ing the extensions Of decay.
BY this operation, painless and in.
Simultaneous, the tooth instead of being
er~adicated, is cut offin such a manner
as to remove the seat of pain without
the least disturbance to the roots; which
remaining in their sockets, present a
firm base for mastication or insertions
of artificial teeth; and, what is still mora
important, afford a support to the ad.
joining teeth, which, according to com.
petent judges, would otherwise gradual.
ly become loose, and in the end prema.
turely fall out, owing TO a necessary
check of the alveolar process, and a
destruction of the insterticial structure.
For this improvement, its author,
Mr.. Fay, has received the highest CON-
piimentary tributes from the most dis.
tinguished surgeons of England, as well
as a large silver medal from the Society
of Arts, in whose transactions the sub.
jec. will be found fully illustrated, and
commented upon.
We had thought that the exquisite
torture, not to say danger of the common
~foreceps, especially when welded by
ordinary dentists, would have prepared
the world for an eager availment ola
ny suggestion that might promise even
the slightest alienation. But, if we
could have anticipated an invention so
useful in its object, so complete in ito
success, and so easy of adoption az
this-we should have averred that,how-
ever slow old and well. tried practise
might be in yielding to new and expert.
mental, this at least need only be pro.
mulged to supersede all that has been
before approved. Yet, since its first
enunciation, we have awaited the result
with impotence only less than our dis.
appointment. So far (f we have not
been deceived in our inqu:ries) from its
having been adopted on this side of the
Atlantic, there has been little, if any
thing, said about it; which appears the
o unaccountable, because our cit.
zens, while they appreciate the inven'
ton as replete with interest and utility,
may, at the same time, feel it gratifying
to their nationa: pride as emsnating from
native genius.
These cursory remarks are made, in
the fond hope of melting those profess
sional gentlemen, to whose department
the improvement properly belongs, toa
candid investigation of the same; and in
the firm conviction that its superior me-
rits as acknowledged by the highest
authorities Of British surgery, would,
under the practical patronage of our
scientific and skil!ful duties, be ocularly
demonstrated in the general good. 4.
Singular Instance Of Canine Sagaci-
ty- One of the early settlers OF this
country having been in the practice OF
visiting Connecticut for a number Of
years, on the annual return of the first
of May, on which occasion a dog, which
he had brought with him on his first re.
moval in this state, was a party IN bis
~sojourna This individual died about
three years since; since which the dog
has regularly pere grinated to his native
state-that land Of pumpkins, beauty,
and happiness.
The first journey 0fthis animal ahes
the death oil his master, caused serious
apprehensions for his safety lin fact, he's
gone dog.'--He however, returned after
an absence of about the same extent a.
that of his deceased masters visit. On
the return of the same season he ''took
leave of Absence" and has recently re.
turned. much travel worn and foot sore,
from the same pious pilgrimage, some
what disaffected at the direliction in po-
litics of his "steady habit" friends.
Rochester ". Y. Telegraph.
Dusl-The Providence (R. T. finer
lean of Friday says that a duel was
fought in Pawtucket on Wednesday,
between a French gentleman of high
respectabiIty, wLo acts in an official
capacity under the French government,
and a Polonese, formerly a general IN
the French army during the revolution,
the names of the individuals we cannot
learn. 1t seems they came with their
seconds and surgeons from Boston to
Pawtucket on Tuesday evening; select
al thair 1nnrnd ,.oA~ A. aouu 2.lrnnIkp