The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-06-11

The hrst damsel. Iaking mould IN
her left hand Git is an American inven-
tion), she proceeds to il each division
of it with paste, using an instrument to
ram it home. Then, by single move.
ment, the mould IS opened, and, presto,
we see dozen teeth, moulded after mas
ture.
A small furnace, placed upon the
bench, is next used TO so harden the
paste that the teeth can be handled, aud
after passing through several hands, they
are placed in larger furnace, and ag-
CULTIVATED, patina pins having previously
been inserted. Imperlections are re-
moved, the shapes are perfected, and the
teeth (though not vilrihed) are in a state
to receive enamel, or, as it is technically
called, are biscuit.
The enamel is applied, process which
requires much care. Having quantity
Of the enamel prepared, Of the consist
ence Of cream. and Of the exact tint re-
quired. it is applied to the face Of the
tooth with camel hair brush.
Another operator Tor rather operatress)
then goes over the tooth with a delicate
instrument, to even its surface, and give
1t the perfect appearance of one of Na>
ture's handiworks. Ii is now ready for
the furnace.
Descending to the lower floor, we find
the furnace, which is heated by an an
thracite coal fire, famed by steam.pr
PEELED blower. The teeth, placed on
platina slides, which are inserted into
platina ovens, set in the middle Of the
furnace, are there sub jected TO a heat of
the most intense description. When
sufficiently baked in this Vesuvius, they
are 'annealed, and then tested Those
which are now approved, may be thrown
from a considerable height, while red
hot, into tub of water, without explo>
ding, or driven with hammer into a
pine board The furnace is one Of the
most interesting departments of the es-
tablishment, and is placed under the su-
Pervision Of an operative possessing
great skill.
The perfect teeth are carried from the
furnace up stairs, and we will follow
them. One Of the females examines
them with care, and assorts those des-
tined TO form sets. Another arranges
these sells, by sticking the teeth on strips
of wax, and they are then taken to the
counting room.
In the counting room. assortments are
arranged in pasteboard boxes, and these
are packed for every part of the United
States. There are also extensive agen>
cies in Europe, and (if we mistake not)
the case at the London Exhibition will
'astonish the 'tives.' In the counting
room is gigantic safe, where the valua>
bic mouds and the platina ware is de-
posted every night.
There is also department for the
manufacture Of 'moulds,' a workshop,
turning lathe, and other appliances, but
we must leave them, TO follow the lump
of quarlz which we have seen manufac>
tured into teeth. Neither can we stop
TO admire the spacious poultry-yard, well
stocked with feathered inmates of many
a rare variety.
Now let us return to Boston, and visit
Doctor Morton's house, at No. 10 Tre-
mont Row.
Entering the reception room, we shall
probably have 10 wait few moments
until the Doctor is disengaged, and will
pass the time in examining the paintings
on the walls, or the dental preparations
in the glass cases. Some of these were
prepared by the Doctor himself, when
in college, and others were imported ex-
pressly for his use, from Paris. They
devslope ii natures ivory or in wax)
the structure and position Of the teeth,
with all the adjacent nerves and arteries.
We are received, and then ushered
into the spacious operating room, where
scores Of shallow drawers are filled with
instruments, yet not one is seen. The
concealment of pain-giving engines is a
refined courtesy to those who come with
their nervous systems in tremor, ready
to say. with Burns -
My curse upon thy venomcd stang,
That shoot my tortured gums alang:
And through my lugs GIGS mony twang,
WI gnawing Vengeance;
Tearing my nerves wi bitter pang,
Like raking engines
Many stou,-hearted man, suffering
thus, has felt his courage fail as he en-
tered dentists operating room. Nay,
the old-fashioned operators who still cling
to their exploded systems, give as much
pain. and cause as much apprehension
as they ever did. But when Doctor
Morton entered upon the practice OF his
prolession-seeing ihis-he diligenll,
applied himself to the discovery of an