New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-08
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PAIs.-yaous motes Of relieving the pain caused b.
extracting teeth have been psctced by dco,s.s como
Of which, BY the use OF ether and cbOr oform whs
they xere generally effective Objectionable for the
inmiouscous' quer toat sometimes followed. Hsn,s
dentists sre for tie most part shy Of administering
,tew. The went @: some sgeDt that should simpy be-
numb the ceyve only during the time Of the opsrs,ioo
aud lie irfaence Of which should then disappear. hAs
been 90 urgent tbst a multitude Of expedents have
beeo tiled and Of these prac,iced by pre'eai
the protection which but fraudulent devices
10 obtain patients. For these reasons sny new sgsnt
these pretereicts is and ought TO Be regarded with
great Gstiut. mil il has been submittsd 10 long and
srcces tu practice. We shal, therefore, speak eau
tloUsy Of The method brought 10 the notice OF the dea
ts,s Ct this city within the lsst month and now upon
II 81 By some of them IL Is the application OF The gal
vsnic current, excited by small battery. such 10
used for Medicinal purposesoRe OF the poles beog at
Aol ed the setting orcsps, and the other held
the hstc little apparatus is attached by which the
operator with biz foo, the circuit to be closed a.
he sppies the instrument. The electrical curten, 10
smell in quantity causing but slight and no. unpess-
snt sensation when the two poles held, 10 each
hstd There is rothpg, therefore, st I'll alarming ia
the application. When the forceps are placed upoa
the tooth the operator tseads upon little sprng which
closes bresk in the wire, and at the same instant
draws the tooth. The effect appears to be smply be-
nunbg the nerve, the shock being too iang for the
relief be asrrbed 10 this dis'rscng the attention Of
the patient. We have ourselves seen but one opera
ton performed with it, but We are assured that sev.
e,sl hurdIed teeth have been thus extracted ia tais
city the last week with great satisfaction 10 the pa
tierts. The opportunity of witnessing the experiment
DC mied while we were in the Office of ths asnti,.--
stiarger who hsd heard OF the process caling "
have tooth extracted. He was an Eugfisbmsn, ~
yesrs Of age, with full and spendd Get Of teeth.
Wild, m tooth only bad enextracted aud the removed
Of that caused so much pain he was ready enough 70
tr! the process for the removal of another. The
tooth wss drawn without any manifestation Of pals,
and on questioning the patient lie assured Us that he
felt nonethe greatest sensaon being in the hand in
which he held one pole Of the battery He expressed
himself highly gratifed with the operation. Another
psten t young lad, whose tooth had been taken out
in the same way, described the sensation as ooly
" a kird of tickling" The process understand,
was Invented by a dentist of Philadelphia aud has
been fer sometime before the protest. of that city
and Baltimore. Ii properly regarded as yet on trial,
dentists not yet being fully committed to its ADOPTION
thorgh we have beard no objection advanced to IL
use. Should il prove what certainly seems probable,
il will be by far the beet sgent yet appiei-pes
fecy harmless acting only during the time OF the op-
eration, and affecting Only the tself which in
ordinary csses transmits the psn. Nor will the spp-
cson be limited to the extraction Of teeth for ssems
equally well adapted to most surgical operations, the
conducting wire beirg attached to the lancet OF othea
instrument equs we'll as to the dentists fncePs.
AyorHyR Now ny THE MAYORS PoLIcE-NlsE.
TEEN OBSCENE Book STORES And MEDICAL QrAcM
BRoKEs UP.-Yesterday, Sergeant BirLey made .
descent upon a concern represented by the name
Fsye.te, Hipsr & Co.. who are in the OBJ sue
bookse'ng bu1iness. They profess TO represent
tie firms Henry G. Barclay" Henry l.. G.. Smith
& Co." Cullen & Co" JAS. Ramiero," Henry
r. G. Barclay" and other fictitious firms. As they
advertised to do oil their business by letter and posi-
lively refused zee any body personally, il was diff
cult to get held Of the real persons engaged in the
bu.iress Ia fact, they not to be found On any
terms spd all that can be dore is to notify the public
that all letters addressed 10 such firms sre useless, aud
will Re stopped and sent to the Dead Letter Office This,
also, is the case with the firms sub lined: d. X.
Blard," " Madame Julia Melville ii. C.. Jeuod,"
"Dr Duvsl," " DR.. A. b. Lawrence" DR. Samuel
Spencer" "Dr. David Rensb" " Prof. Roundout,"
james G. Pentley," 4" Henry S. LaLe," Il" Dr. J.
Henry WsneD, alias Sands of Life" &C S. Bur-
nett" "Dr Uncas Brandt Emile Vrstte."
About Geo letters addietsei to these firms were found
in the Office yesterday, and were forwarded t. the
Dead Letter Office, with their contents. From the
Mayor Of Philadelphia was received, by Mayor
Tiemsnn, letter, from which The following Is On
extract:
"Ths subject bogus lotteries, qusck medicines,
&C. has engaged the special attention OF my detec-
tive officers for several days aud no efforts ehsii DO
spared to attain result which, equally with your'ef
heartily desire. ALEXANDER HENRI.
EXCISE COMMISSIONERS There was no meeting o.