The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-18

Dentists and Chlorofoxn, &c.-g1Aerr Use and
Abuse.
70 TIE EDITOR o. TnB HERALD.
1--we vith no srdisay degrees Of plessnvs tAst
rad the very abe and pertinent article 10 Bssur-
da, . HERALD, reAscsms upon the use Of those VII
lspcus agents In dental prA tscs- sthsr aud chlsr-
form. Az you mention my name n tse said article
q "Rsvelaticns q New York Dsusists." feel mp.
sslf called upuD, VITA your permission, to lend my
humble aid 70 your inHnen,ial paper to impress
upon what conceive 70 be &C Injured pubic the
outrageous abuse of these suble agents upon dental
patisDts.
How or in what manner the csn for meeting Of
the dentists Of New York was made Know not,
further than . paragraph, which by soma chencs
goa into thu columns Of The HERALD and Tribune,
stating that meeting Ct dentists would take place
regarding DR.. Beals's case. N, oas kn,ws who
made the caA: Curiosity aore led me 70 attend the
me- ting. because thought non medical experience
Of ncn medically educated dentists would onsr some
fun fer my enjoynsnt. Iwss not disappointed,
though am compslsd TO say the details were Of
The rocss outrageous and disgustipg nature. II vas
En- ce Of these sabs agents we're subject to hslluci
nations" which view the reporters seem to acceps
N being fully established. moss dangerous posi-
ton il here assuDsd-dsnscFous for the female, b.
cause sbe might be subjected TO- and have the
gressest liberties taken with ner, to the viola
Gcn Of her person; AID should abe complain, tho
alternative she il 70 submit to Is 30 be iaugh-
I'd at as person with too vivid On lmsginar
~ {a%fr 81 "a A~l,s.
cinaton" On the other hand, the dentist
may be innscenty jured from concoaitsnt circum.
stsness, whicA cannot name here. When these
agents we're first introduced to the notice Of the pro-
ess,on, Carefully investigated tue rationale Of
ther, and afterwards caloroforu. Thee years
praesice ard OBJ told to dscon inue their
Oee found them TO act differently on dsfsreus
constitutions aai s-mpersments, and never acting
twise in the saine manEer on the same psrsoa. I
tcDnd sham to shy violation OF tia laws
OF mc3esty II male cy female ,ouod them always
70 ct Epon the mental fsculss only by inc h rant
mni'erings, hystsrcal excitement, and toal obvi.
oasnsss In tho mejmity Of cases. they exhibited
cor o. iousIlsss OF wat doing, AMI With viz
| 'encs attempted 20 prevent ne onerstlng. After
they had recovered rom the immediate effects sach
IS pleasant or hcfid visi5De. internal noises ard
trsveliLg In railroad cars de-, they had LOST all
memory Of the epsrs ion, ana thsir 0vn action to
pieveay IL or the many cases b I'd under my care,
lever found single instance wherein aaliucisa
| ton ccDfnssd sginasiOD-extshdsd beyond tae
| moment II hai,ucsOatons do exist, as ny profess
si,Dal brethren stsemp.ei TO make oat tle adm;ni-
ssfatop of TN, sge0ss Oaly forM my expe ience
of theig Injurious effects uooz she braid sni sae nsr
vons system. For 'hs three years used taem-aow,
sbank God, ten years sincet fsel assured, Aotwlth
standing all my care, tnas NO person ever iHaaled
the m, that they were not mEe or less the saIsrecj
nom their ELECTS. Tbr.e deaths, wharen refused
70 administer ths aD2st1etic agepss. teok place
after another dentist E2d done One OF tese VIC
iims intelligent lovely boy Of about Ii yeas
ofage. !hs blue VEINS afs CLASSICAL features
as tnioush Q wax ganze, showing. their conrse
shat seemed t0 draw one nearer - Heaven than -
| earth. told tim that chlosoiorm aond aiil him.
mo matter" he replied, "if It does, must take IT
TO have this tooth ou." The dentist gave him colo.
Ioforn, took out his tooth, and three days after
b@Eaorrbsgs from the lungs took place, aud In six
months cor sumption closed premature grave 0ysr
ais lovely form. ihe second vas taas OF young
lady. tolS her the saue as told the lad; her reply
wa Deary the same, and the result precisely the
same, ara ttin another lady, and 81 II The sas re-
suls. DIR. Russell, u. 8. A., whom You kne n, sur
geon on Governors Island, experimental on him
eels, taking these agents internally urged him 20
desiss, "that they would csuse congestion OF the
longs the first time no took cold' mo fsaF," re-
Piled TIE dOosOr. He took cold, and Ia twensyfOur
The lAte DR.. James A. HOnsson, your reporter was
injured By It. | have found these agents actfr
upon the heart and the axkeral ssstem, pre- ssly
ire heart and rulse act - published-in culprit-
act most powerfully - excithnts, or debilitasing
the musu membrane Of the lungs tho stoma j,
the iDtestines, the womb she bladder &c., DC. They
act upon the sensorinm, the brain, the aervous
trts, and the whole nervous syssem. raey paratyze
the vitality Of TIE blood they deprive IL OF its cleo
tfic force. In shot, they paratze the whole ami
nal system. How sbey may add to the bills of NOR
tshy, Of course calnot say, but feel we'll assured
that the use and the abuse Of these agents add one
third more deaths Of infants, wach may be sscrbed
to these agsnts acting pnon the heat md braia Of
theee icDccents still in the womb-that Taen they
make theif advent into this world tseir breath for
several Gays u redOent With its subtle efuvia- God
breathed The breath Of life into the n0sriof man. God
in Natures laboratory aid not exaaA subtle, par
alyzng, deaal gas TO Giuse tnrough the system OF
his own creation, made after tne image Of himself;
no one Of these are to be found In nature. Pure
Oxyeensted blood from the mothsra hsart, and toe
pure xygenaed al Of the earhs ct nosp hero, are
Gods elements for The health vgor, and lie Of his
creation. There can exist but apology for t,e
administration Of these sDgularly subtle AGENTS.
TO prevent mental and physical suffering Of toe az
acted, shen submitted 70 the prolonged torture Of
Der, where organic disease Ii to be removed by
gerry, they are proper-because the organic disease
Is gradually sapping the several systems Of the AMI
NAL Organization which must end in the disOrgao-
ization n the death Of the whole 80 that the shock
10 the whols animal Organization BY anesthetic
agents, whilst they prevent great physical suffering,
are less Injurious than the prolonged action Of the
disease and tho remedy Of the knife.
Dsntiats have NO apology for their use
othe rwise than to put money Ia their purse Alter
the Tex erienoe" and the "Reve lAsons VI the New
York Dentists" ~ you facst,ously term them.
can only say that most cordially coincide and en-
dorse all your remarks In this days HEaALD. II
only half that was stated be true-snd have rea-
son to believe the whole truth was glven-then it
brstbers OF sisters, husbands OF wlves-if
| these agents must be sdministsred-thea, |
| repeat, 1t behooves them all to have these
| operations, under the influence Of chiorofoYm or
At In hat,
chamber, where, stleset, an exsus. OF " debility"
or any other cause may be framed for haluciussoas
and that which 10 ten times worse the results Of tho
experience o. dentists. freely say, that tas les
depicted Of lssies under the influence Of chloreform
as0 more especially et1tr, would or only could 10
| found Within rae walls OF brOthcI. eau readily
conceive how yong unmarried den lists might, aud
10 doubt do delight Ia these delectabe . hiiucina-
tons" cf their femsie pSseDts. Bat really am y.
| loss to know woy married msl--denti .s-~ish
family Of daughters, shoulo or could consent t. SEQ
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