New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-10-02


- ,su.e Of humanity have allowed their 70 DO
,3s rublic with one exception, and his may be known
~ ppying al my office. 1.-THE advocates Of cement wish
n, .py farther experimental testimony the subject
,.,,,sly connected rh their pockets, can give them
,,s than they would ike 10 in PRINT. But expert
.ee bs, baf little weight, where money in the opposite
,,,s Truth and honesty sometimes cause great COM
motion 10 money matters and consequently, there are
those profession who would say az they spoke their
mind Just keep hush 1t answers my purpose well
Ithils that Dr. Foster in Of his communications on
CEMENT said, that tins article used because the opera
m could not I'll teeth with any other substance with any
s.rec Of perfection This the when the gentle
,,n WHO wrote the following letters received their gum
,t.m rfieif Of this iniolerable qusckery.
Bot deception the order Of the day Once it was ne
fy to study three or four years become physician
.useon dentist, lawyer. Now, 1t requires about half
an hour to make good cement dentist and one that viii
rsse money, too Once the law required a man 10 be
,duesied before he could the title Of doctor or
,srseon now, a saddler tailor, shoemaker horse
kev can have the title Ia four weeks by epinz himself
% L. Once 1t required number Of years 70 become
LAWYER now there are those IN that profession who
nd, .peak or write their mother tongue with accuracy.
ooee the question vas Can lac shine in his profession
Now the great question is Does be make the sinners
Once the interest Of the patient client respected
,ov The interest Of the money. Once mans skill
he Advertisements now inc hNhihe i'-N' f'i-
t.rs Of houses and i've about the door show
HI, location have known a tailor himself into
dentist by calling the offices Of the profession and cab
bsng little knowledge from each This knight Of the
goose represents himself TO his customers Teacher Of
Dental Surgery and claims Of our most distinguish
I'd dentists as his students Which the most honorable
ealing merchsnttaior, quack dentist who has no
regard for truth Some OF our most distinguished public
men were once mechanics but education changed then
course and made them useful another sphere No mat
r., uhai me iras bat Il important fer The public
good 70 knois uhat he ts. J. W. CRANE.
NEw-YoRK. June 8. 1871
DR. CRANE- Dan SIR Ny opinion respecting the filling
Of teeth with mercuria cement be gwen IN IA lew
,rofds copsider ii most decidedly ininfous-f moi o
the constitution, certainly the teeth My opinion
founded experience, and all the ply Biological aud phi
cs0phca arguments IN the world could convince me
% the contrary. My experience the subject is simply
ihs-l had my tooth hlled and ru,ned Ms teeth com
menesd deoaSing near my gums and cement used
The alleged ground that the cavity was too fat and that
therefore gold could not be made to stay This may have
been ~ first do not pretend 10 be sufficiently skilled
the art Of DsHarB 10 express an opinion To the CON
uuy II does appear to me- however that after the paste
bad been renewed three four times the cavity su
fcently large 70 contain substantial substance.
found the cement very coTfosiNe-the ming would thus
eat Itself out of ITS confinement and ON using the
hush could frequently hear strange rattng IN the
wash bowl Another effect was 20 discoor the teeth !
have teeth In my mouth at present. one m particular al
entirely black, ia consequence Of using mercuria
cement And quite number, ! am persuaded, might
have had but for the deleerous stuff But said
he cheap and TO well for those who cannot
gay r gold Ht II this be the ground of its then
aud tell the poor that intend TO turn their teeth
tst in chap nay Agaln-i AN easy way OF Milling
teeth particularly when far gone But the paste Is not SO
very cheap In the end II you do not nlure your health
lose your fteh and aite' counting the time spent IA
sfns and The money to pay each time, the cost will be
No name to be used in connection with the above.
Yours truly ANTlAMALGAM.
. DkJ ". CRANE. Leroy place Dcor ST.. You ask my
opinion as TO the of substance sost'nes employed
Sames Of Mineral Cement " succedaneum,' Anal
tan &c. can give you but the opinion OF an unproes-
'eul man founded on personal experience only.
am ,a,ftd. that. far from being of use IN saring
teeth u positively Injurious TO them, I'm my case al
''s a0 only by not preaching decay beneath The MI
A bsi even BY Gccccraag II, through the chemical &C
Ia q the quicksilver used in preparing the " Anagam
have had a number OF teeth tllcd with the compound
fins five sin years. have experienced no IN
cu'enence from them; but having my suspicious aroused
se1ty as 10 the efficacy of the filling induced 10
have removed and every instance OF its use, II has
yed that decay has continued TO 20 beneath It
Py apparently though no attempt had been made to
rs1sniiL Irepeat that am convinced far as | can
iaa.s by my own experience that the Of the Anal
a instead Of being of service rs positive injury TO
he teeth Yours truly. }. W. CARRlNGrON,
June H. 1911. lS frontsI
Nrw.YoRN. July. 1917.
DE J. W CRAM Dsar ST.; Having seen various I'D
.ements in the papers recommending the use OF acef
tam cement ALIAS Sucoedaneum" "Amagam," sc feel
Constrained By Of dfg 60 give my experience on
ne subject Some ten years since, finding my teeth much
desayed concluded r. paronize dentist accordingly
hduoed to have the work done elsewhere BY young den
@ Who preferred using this cement or composition which
sNof dark substance. snd cost twenty-five dollars
Two and half atterwaTd there not particle OF
hs cement len in my teeth II having worked its own
way cut Of teeth leaving them IN very dilapdaed
condition Since then have had occasion 20 have eight
q The teeth removed and others inserted IN their stead
NAT III had given tins dentist htty dollars have let
tech alone should have been the gamer Nou will per
eelse that have made this statement not 20 ure any
one In their profession have great respect for the
ueman who hlled my teeth. but 10 solely 70 prevent
@her from being uped BY this tgnbug. Yours truly,
G. ; CHAPLIN, 229 " oosteI-s'.
pfAk DR have known case IN which large cavity
IN molN Tooth IN The upper Jaw was hled with cement
CONTAINING mercury and in the Of two months she
osi not only the tooth which filed but the teeth
eseh SIDE which we've quite free from decay the mis-
0net eNiScnt> asins nom ncrcuria disease Of the
inosco by the presence Of mercury IN the cement used
'oN'"' So"is respectfully, JOHN FREY NJ ID
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