Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-24

! As you well know, | have for upwards oil
/ twenty years, bestowed much attention on the
various improvements, which, dnring that peri
cd, have bean contributed by scientific men to-
wards perfecting the Dental Art aud, as yuu
are likwise aware, | lave especially tested the
qualities of the various metals and compounds
which have b.en brought iuto use in the nanu-
Ecture OF suction plates, &c. Among these
particularly specify as articles with which j
have most fully experimental, gOld silver, pal
ladium, platna, and last of all, the valuable COM
pound known rs Cheoplasty.
Without going into any comparative estimate
of the respective claims ut these substances, or
the advantages and disadvantages, which, upon
actual trial, |. found 10 belong TO any of the
first four have enumerated will briefly state
the facts which have governed my mild ia com
ing to the conclusion that Chepplasty is justly
entitled 10 preference over all others, and will,
therefore, in all probability, superscde them all
in its application to dental purposes
l. The metal used in Dr. Biandy'S process,
appears from the experiment hare been able
to make, to be perfectly FREE .ti"a, an tendency
to DISSEMINATION. The plate have tested has
been in constant use since last spring, and it
does not now exhibit the slightest perceptible
evidence of being in the least degree acidulnted.
1t retains its original color as perfectly unfair
mished when 1t first cauie from the crucible.
2. The perfect ttsteieSsNeSs and purity Of this
metal, supplies another desideTatum. / do not
hesitate to say, after giving this article fair.
and full trial, that its qualities in this respect
are equal to gold, and superior TO all other met
ais which have tested; glass itself could not be
less tastelesS than have found this new COIN
pound to be.
3. As this is an incorruptibie substance, and
ut the same time one of great density, its dura-
bitity and strength are not the least OF its recOm
mendations.
i. The last particular which | shall state, is
one which is important only after the truth of
the foregoing has been aScertaued. mean its
price. The mere cheapueSs of an article, unless
united with other claims, is of course entitled to
mo consideration whatever But when an i'm
provement is made in any department of sci
euce, having IN view the comfort and well being
Of mankind, it receives 10 inconsiderable clam
to public patronage in addition to that which it
presents on the ground of utility, when it is
found to he so cheap to enable the poorer
classes, who are 10y far the most numerous of
This is recommendation which | am happy to
know belongs to the Cheoplastic process, and
will, unQueStiOnablv, cause it to be hailed with
gladneSS by thousands who could not heretofore,
on account of the high prices of the old metals,
obtain for themselves scrviccuble set of teeth.
sincerely hope and believe that many who are
now suffering from the effects ufimperfect mas
ticatiom, will find in this valuable invention, not
only an available comfort, but real and peruln.
nent blessing.
As have written only the result of my ac-
tual experience of the advantages Of Cheopas-
tic Dentistry, you are at liberty 10 make any
use of this you may deem proper.
Very truly, yours, &c,
JAMES MooEE,
Rector of Somerset Parish, Somerset Co, Md.