Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-06-12

! Entering the reception room, we shall
probably have to wait few moments until
the Doctor is disengaged, and will pass the
time in examining the paintings en- the walls
or the dental preparations in the glass cases.
Some of these were prepared by the Doctor
himself, when IN college, aud others we're
imported expressly for his use, from Paris.
T They deyelope (in natures ivory or 10 wax)
the structure aud position OF the teeth, with
all the adjacent nerves aud arteries.
/ We are received, aud then ushered into
the spacious operating room, where scores
Of shallow drawers are filled with instru-
ments, yet not one is seen. The conceal
meut of pain-gving engines is a refined
courtesy TO those who come with their ner-
yous systems in tremor, ready TO say with
Burns -
NJ, upon thy vsnomoa stang,
That shoot my tortured gums alang;
An thoagh my logs gies mony a twang,
WI gnawing vengeance;
Tearing my nerves wi bitter pans,
Like rakius engines.
/ Many a stoui-hearted man, suffering thus
has felt his courage fail as he entered dem
lists operating room. Nay, the old fash
toned operators who still cling to their ex.
ploded systems, give as much pain and
cause as much apprehension as they ever
did. But when Dr. Morton entered upon
/ the practice Of his proiesslon-seeing this
he diligently applied himself to the dis
coyery Of an efiicacious agent for the allie
Walton of pain. Success crowned his ef-
forts. The enyious Jackson may attempt to
pluck his laurels, and may reap some credit
by tickle me aud I'll tickle YOU system in
Europe aud here. But posterity will give
the entire nonor Of the Efhcriai Pain Neu-
trailer to DIR. Morton. And It is natural
that the dscoyerer should be master of It's
application. TO show that he is, we quote
the following paragraph from an article pub
llshed IN the Boston Courier by the Hon. J.
L. Bucklnham.
" 1t IS nov more than twenty years since
having bad tooth alter tooth extracted
and Jaws broken, times without number -
we formed a resolution that no dentist
should ever again make demonstration Of
his strength upon our laws-suler as we
t, might with that most excruciatlng physical
torment ever inflicted upon sinful mortality
the toothachc. Firm and constant in our
resolution, we have endured tooihache mot
paticnfly-we are not quite philosopher e.
nough for hat; teeth have ached, decayed
and broken off, leaving their msbecomng
. stumps and roots to plague their owner IN
I return for his mistaken constancy But all
men have their frail,es, and the fame OF
DR.. Morton's successful application of sui
phurlc ether IN the practice Of his profess
= sion Of tooth-drawing, at length made an
assault upon our luhexbilty, and we began
Z like Macbeth, ia pail IA rcsoi;5inr..' MS
r regarding all advice TO the conlrary-ad
o vice founded on the presumption that the
= Inhalation of ether would produce some d..
T. abolca consequences-we permitted DIR
Morton to apply one of his conical sponge,
TO our mouth for about three minutes, anC
I IN As many minutes more, TEN of the above
mentioned snags, stumps and roots, most o
d which had been previously broken of ever
with the gums had changed their position
e which they had maintained IN our Jaw
through period of sixty years, for a NOR,
o enlarged aud sgmly one on Dr. Morton
e table"
So much for the miseries Now let u
= turn 10 the mysteries.
C The patient having his old snags removed
f the Doctor takes an exact impression of hi
C mouth, III pure wax, contained in prope
IA mouIds. These 90 up stairs, and We
E bound 10 sce tie uhoh-will follow
is DR.. 1oy,, an experienced practitioner
!. (whom Dr. Morton has invited to JOIN hm
will perhaps accompany US, and explain thu
!. different stages of an art.
e The Laboratory, into which we now en-
. ter, is a perfect byOu. A fiery furnace
a massive anvIls, blow pipes Of the most ap
Ia proved chemical principles, lalhes, work
D. benches, gold rollers, wre-plllIng machines
= casting beds -in short, all the parapherna
ID liza of dental mechanism Is here. Ever,
is thing Is as neat as pin, and by means {
speaking tubes the intelligent operatives ar
n IA immediate conneXlon with the apartmeI
of below
Of Taking the wax mould, the operative FL
is 1t with composition, which reproduces tn
A. PATIENTS mouth Pure California gold
then rolled, aud swedged, aud wrought, ur
81 al it exactly fits the cast of the client
u mouth. These casts with other lndiyd,
ne al appliances are deposited in a series of c;
H. ses, duly labelled, III case they may herea
Ter be needed,
he The gold plates, thus made, are next a
te tached To curious fac-simile of the p;
W. tents mouth, in working ORDER and III
$. operative is thus enabled to atlix the teet
in so that when the jaws open aud close, tt
b. teeth will meet with regularity A perle,
D. finishing operation, and the set is ready
e. Springs, wires and like machinery, al
ST. here entirely dispensed with, and the Sc
ay of teeth inserted by atmospheric pressure
lie This las some Of our first clergymen. ed
O. tors and others ,ouch) is an admirable phi
ne losophlcal contrivance, and has stood seye
IN tests. In one experiment, which is chron
It, ced in The Christian Register, slap
AN was soldered to the plate before II was u
serted IN the mouth, and the folowiI
he weights were raised upon the patients ere
N. ting the head, after a string had connect'
th them together, without detaching IT fro
is. the Jaw. First, | lb-2d, 2lbs-3d, i
he -4th, 7 lbs-5ih, 10 lbs. No HEAVIER weg
en- was attached as 1t was feared II might III
tate the jaw too much
ire And now, kind reader, we have show
IRE you how bit of quartz rock may be ma,
es. an ornament and substitute for one of n
,u- lures gifts We have simply narrated VIII
at we have seen, and are ready to substantial
he every statement above Dr. Mortons or