Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-12-27

" was stated some short time ago in the
Philadelphia papers, that n DENTS, Of that
CITY had discovered The existence uf a liya
mrnt Ivy which, as he conientlel. each tooth
was firmly fixed o,he jaw, aud rEa, by sew
ering this ligameni with u KNIFE or lancet.
the extraction sni the tooth could lr effected
with little ar no pain Subsequently, hnw
ever, II wa' si"nily declared by other den
. lists That no such lisamrnt existed, and tha,
us alleged discovery, therefore, was sheer
ImposIlion. In the N.,-,nt,er number ~
the 4 .:. 80: 'can journal of Medical Science
published AT Philadelphia, there is an atti,
Gle fc"m the pen Of DR.. GoDDAnD of that
city. which declares that such a liga,nent
dues really exist; aud nasuuch as all " no
, nave teeth are likely To take an interest in
the subject, we copy his description of it;
Description ofthe Ligamentvn, Dentis.-
By PAUL GODDARD, NJ D-A iew
months since, an adj, erti-ement appeared
!" The Ph''ade'rhia newspapers stating thai
he"'is'.hy tue uame at Humphreys rns>
seSSe" fhe I"wer at extracting 'ceih Win
very iiifie force or pain. snd by IL mode r.-
cnlIar {" himself ConCei, ing ,ha, he pos
s-ssed merIy an improve. form at f,rCens
or some similar instrument, IL excited hui
Iit'Ie attention IN NV part. But wheu was
informed hy Mr. R"rer, that ann,her den.
list. and the original di*coverer of The new
method: Or. Caldwell .)ksd taken nu,ave
~ difficult tooth for him, witho,,i pain, and
that the new method consisted in cutting
win penkniie something which held The
tooth IN lis place, Iresolved 10 scru,inize the
matter closely.
Accordingly, sought Dr. Ca,dweIPs ac
Gr'intanc", hut found him determined to
Keep ms discovery secret. then procu>
red Jaw, ani making il very careful disse,:-
flun E,...t
ii2ameni. Til. consists of short, ,sirous. liz
amentnus hhfe- eNIs'Ing an enc side oi he
human tooth only, aud nn,trs HE nerk Of The
tooth 10 the edge 81 Inc alyeu!ar process
j he hbres arise from the edge Of the al
Feo'ns between The teeth, and pruceiiDg Tor
wards IN The case of The mnars, and inwar,ls
W lie Case at the inciS"rS, ls inserted in The
neck OF The tooth. not qui'e the sixteenth of
an i''h from III. edge ni iar euamel lis
siZe (and - course us .i,enulh) varies with
The class al teeth 10 hici IL t,elnngs in
The i"cis"r>, D ls = ,arrow lape like bard
In the ruspi!sii and hicuspii,ti, il i vi
der, and in ,he',uniarS. il j. Us wide a. The
neck II the iuoIi, aud very strong few
vt ~ fihres llendsd "ilb The gum in us
heishh"t hood, and thus we u,ay account Io=
ITS "rcasrnai liberation " hen - tnnlh ia ex
i'nvicd. l. sihesir" ~ NE tooth j. sirpor
90 ,i'an In ia' ,ard il not cot; IL j. cnrnn,nr.
y dragged ut w''h The i'cih lis iignsnen.
'"us ,h"'"c'c' * yer, distinct, 'he fires be-
ing white and shining, ike tendon
Alter m"hing this di>.ttilcr, | a, Piled n
Dr. C"ii"c!l 20 remove IL large nniar, " I'M, !!
had gwen me- gtehi tr"u',it Tor two ar three
years, aud although my teeth bad au avs
yielded with difficulty, I've removed The one
!" question With great ease and teru ltile
pam. have seen several teeth which were
e>if"cicd ''y him, aud acl convinced that he
possesses &" tact ~ severing the Ii.su,pnt ,ri
fe"'", '"G The l""th which "ili give him pie
eminent success.