The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-07
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TEETH AND THE TooTnAcHE
HON Iq7er's IItelIy.

From Hazers WseHv.
Most Of us are concerned at tho loss 0
teeth which we lhln would preserve, ant
we dread the rCmedy-artttlcial teeth
The immense number Of dentists, and TIT
Importance to which tho science Of den
tlstry las attained, are very strong argu
ments in support Or the theory that OuI
teeth are dClGriOruting, That tho dcnta
profession must be profitable one need'
no argument beyond q glance n the ydry
iloWefy advertisements Which crowd oul
papers, arguing very numerous and veal
tIly clients. No one who hos not been
compelled TO wear ialse teeth can under
stand TO what an extent they arc at once
comfort and q nuisance. Tho improve.
ment in appearance, In articulation, and
the great advantage Of better nlAsticatiOn
are benefits too evident to require further
mention. These benefits, Of course, depend
vcrymuCh on the fitness ofthe mGterial en-.
ployctl; and while ingenuity has been rack
cd 10 find tue best-lOOkingGnd hHr1cstsub.
stances for teeth, have known at least
two persons who TatrOnizCd no invention
Whatever. One gentleman had a very
fine molar drawn, in consequence Of It's
aching most terribly; but when out II
looked rs white and sound as q tooth
could loOk;' so, with great presence 'Ol
mind, my friend stopped the dentist rs he
was about 10 close tho gum, and asked him
to reinsCrt the TOOTH Alter q little demur
the operator complied. Tho tooth fitted
beautifully, and l saw II halt dozen years
ufterward rs useful and tightly-ttting
mOlar rs any in the whole set, But this
is much exceeded by the case Of u gentle
man very well known to me, who, having
suffered q great deal from toothnchc, had
had, at intervals, several teeth extracted
These lie preserved, and, ut last, being
forced TO revisit the dentist, and finding
that it was necessary for him 10 lose two
more, hG hcr0ically determined Onhavtng
all that were left extracted; then with
these, and the teeth already "in stock" " liz
Ind a very capital set fitted, which hC
wore for many years. I ...'.
The extraction Of so many teeth Mt once
seems q great trial to undergo; but sOml
persons have such horror Of tOothacht
That nothing equals It's tcrrOrs in their cSti'
nation; and, not very many years ago
II poor young fellow in the suburbs o.
London hanged himself In sheer despair
ut the continual pain he sutfcrCd-pAir
which Is, must own, Ola character moro
depressing, more relentless, than any othel
l lave known.
It must be dreadful when poor duml
animals suffer from tOothachc. Every
one hns read how Chunee, the elephant al
the old Exeter Change, went mud from
Il; and 1t is popularity supposed that 1t i
uflen cause Of madness in dogs, and
really think 1t very probable. The pool
brutcs seek the sympathy and hid Of their
masters; for l have known n poor old cat
come meaning time after time, until II
drew attention to It's tectll-a surgeon who
was visiting mt the house first suggested
the cause Of the animals liscomf0rt-and
one person, more skilled than the others
possibly, In tho management Of our dumb
companions, drew tooth which was
rather loose. and ut once relieved the poor
creature once knew man who as,
sisted ut the extraction Of tooth from
the head Of very different Cat-thC
patient being d fine leopard. i'll the Re-
gents Park Gardens. An account mp
pearcd in the papers ofthc time, 90 ! may
be excused from any lengthy detail. When
tile authorities hid decided that 1t was
tootliaChe which allied the animal, they
had small but very strong suck made,
and with this, after much. trouble, sue
ceGded in baggiDg tho leopard. HIS head
of coarse, WIS left out, the sack being
drawn pretty tightly around Ills neck.
The operation was attended with com
plGtc success TO the leopard; his tooth was
drawn, and he, recovered; but, unhaPpIly,
lust rs II WIS over, by adeSpefatoi plunge
lie burst the sack, and, thrusttng his paw
through the opening, drove his talons
deep into the arm off keeper, tearing and
laCcrating the man lcarlhlly.
| can not leave this subject without ad-
yistnE my readers TINT tho following re-
cipc, for which am' indebted To the LdM'
eel, and which ought to be made MS wide
" known rs possible, will really cure the
most madlGning tOotllaclic: One tlraclnl
Of colIOlion, added H. two drSchms o.
Calvcrt's carbOlic ncid; u gelatinOus mass
is prccipitated, n small portion Of which
inserted In the cavity Of an aching tooth
invariably gives Immediate relief OBJ
serve, this Is for the teeth only no THE ear.
Tie worst ofla slight ll0w In The tooth
ia TINT tliptmkuc viii never leayoiealQne;
bnt, ,nlthougIIsit sacrifices itself by Tho
practice, will insist on poking away at 1t
until more and more breaks off, This ir.
ritlti0n Is so pleasing, and so Indispensable
to'soInc persons!I tliab they employ artiti.
cial means to excite It. a frequent pick:
ing Of the teeth Is n very common md
very injurious way; but In the ,casc Of Q
musician was once acquainted with u
took tnr stranger form This man al
ways kept pin in his mouth, only IT.
moving II when he slept he ate, drank,
cliatted, sang, md played with this dam
gerous and lunatiC.likc plNything In his
mouth. For thirty years he persisted In
the practice, changing the pin every few
weeks, BY which tlmo II would have be-
come almost black. Over and over again
was lie demonstrated with, but In vain;
and at last one pin slipped down his
thrOnt, and he was dead man In n week.
This anectlote recalls the fact that false
teeth are not all comfort, md some little
care must be taken to prevent such II ca
tastrophG rs that just alluded to: for In
stances have occurred Of snffOcattOn
where the teeth llAvc been pulled out by
the IoOd; soft lOOd, such US battcr.pudding
or mashed potatoes, Is what should bC
chiefly guarded against, 1t Is impossible
70 avoid, in describing accidents Of this
Pkind, q certain ludicFous coloring, how.
ever serious tho lnatter may l'G tothe per
son concerned, thus, when I mention that
have known q dog run away with two
most expensive teeth, which hld been de-
tachcd 6y the adhesive qualities Of some
soIt pudding, / know the reader will smile,
nIth6uTh nj tho moment the incident was