Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-10


and sudden death of Mr.. Thomas Den.
nett of this city, having given rise to
many contradictory reports as to the
nature aud cause of his sickness and
death and the dentist (who operated
upon his tooth just previous to illness)
having received more than his share of
public comment, he now appears be.
fore the citizens of this place to give o
correct statement of the case.
Some three weeks since Mr.. bennett
came to my Office complaing of toothache
locating it in the wisdom teeth on the
upper jar. Upon examination found
both OF those teeth badly decayed at
his request extracted them, and he
went away, well pleased with the oper
alton. Two or three days after he call
ed on me and said the pain still contin-
ued in the jaw--made an examination
and found several carious teeth in the
upper .jaw; told him he had better have
them attended to he said he came in
ON purpose to have them filled. I i'm
mediately proceeded to do so, and
while filling he complained of sore
ness of the first sc bicuspid" on the right
side of the iosuer jar I examined it,
and found it to be perfectly sound !;
told him it must be he had caught cold
in his face. finished the filling, and
proceeded to cleanse his teeth with !.
weak solution of muriatic acid and pu
mice stone he left we'll pleased with
what I had done. He called again the
next day, complainingof the soreness of
the tooth in the Ower .jap. l made an
other careful examination of the tooth,
but found no decay but on examining
the surrounding parts, discovered con-
siderable inflammation advised him to
apply fig to the part affected and call
again i'll the morning. l further asked
him If he had ever met with any blow
or shock to that tooth !; he said at one
time piece of wood struck him IN that
spot. He called in the next morning
and showed me well-defin obcesS.
which / lanced, and the corrupt manner
flowed copiously, and gave him instant
relief. He called again the next morn
ing, and /, after examining the mouth,
told him it was all free and discharging
finely, and nothing more was necessa-
ry prescribed tincture of myrrh wash
and he left, and 1 supposedihe was get
ting well until Sunday afternoon, Jan.
31st, when lady kindly called upon
me and told me of his severe illness, I
Immediately called on him and found
him bad indeed, / then called upon
his attending physician, DR.. James S.
Green, and told him exactly what / had
done, aud asked him the question,
Could anything l had done produce the
disease He answered in plain language
No! Hearing that Dr. Kingsley had
been called upon in relation tothe case,
| Immediately called on him, and gave
him a concise statement of what | had
done, and asked him the same question
and he gave me the same answer. no,
although he said he did not approve of
my method of cleansing teeth, and I
made reply that there were many argu-
ments, both pro and con, upon that
subject. / felt perfectly safe in leaving
the case in the hands it had fallen,
knowing that in the end l would have
full justice done me. This is plain
statement of Che case and of my com
plicity with it, Any person who may
desire to know whether this is SO. I
would refer them to the attending ply
stefan, DR.. James S. Green, whom 1
have no doubt will give any information
which may be desired upon the sub ject.
And now, before concluding this ar
ticle, / will say few words for myself.
L have been a prncticing dentist for
twenty-five years; was brought up to
the profession by my father, who is
about, if notquite, the Oldest practicing
dentist in the United States, and never
until now has my name appeared as the
author of any accident whatever.
Hoping that this statement will quiet
the apprehehsions Of my many kind
patrons and well wishers, subscribe
myself, GEO. BRocKwAY, Dentist,
202 Broad street, Elizabeth, N. J.
The nroprietor of one of the Phila-