Smyrna times., 1870-04-20
Teeth and the Toothache.

Most of US are concerned at the loss of teeth
which We tan would preserve, and we dread
the remedy-artificial teeth. The immense
number of Dentists, and the Importance to
which the science Of dentistry has attained are
very strong arguments in support of the theory
that our teeth are deteriOrating. That the
dental profession must be a profitable one
needs no argument beyond glance at the very
fOwery advertisements which crowd our papers
arguing very numerous and wealthy clients No .
one who has not been compelled to wear teeth |
can understand to what an extent theV are at
once a comfort and nuisance. The improve |
ment in Appearance in articulation, and the /
great advantage of e;ter masication are bene |
hts, to evident to require further mention /
These henfits of course, depend very much on
on the fitness of the material emplOved and |
while ingenuity has been racked to find the best
looking and hardest substances for teeth have
known atea>t .wO persons who patronizrd no in
ventiOn whatever One gentleman had very
1ne mular drawn, III consequence of its aching
most terribly; but when out it looked "a white
and sound as tooth could 10 k so. with great
pres OF mind, my fir end stopped the den
tlSt as he was about to close the gum and ask
ed him to reinsert the tooth. After little de
mur, the operator complied. The tooth fitted
beautifully, and | saw it half dozen year,
| aiterward a. useful aud tightly fitting a molar
1
cceded by the case Of "a genjl,m n very vel
known to me, who, having suffered a great
deal from toOthache, had had at intervals,
several teeth extracted. Th">e he preSr. we'd
and at lat, beng forced TO revisit the dentist
aud lin Ilug that 1t was necessary Tor him TO
lose two more, he hrrucally determined on
having all that ware left extracted then with
these aud the teeth lreldy = IN stock, " he had
very capital set ii ted, which he wore for
many years.
The extraction Of so many teeth at once
seems a great trial to undergo; but some per-
sons have such a horror Of toothache that
nothing equals ITS terrors in their estimation
aud, not very many years ago, a poor young
follow III the suburbs OF London hanged him
sell IL sheer despair at the continual pain he
suffer ed-paln which is, must own, of char
acter more depressing more relentless, thar
any other have known.
1t must be dreadful when poor dumb animal
suffer from tOothache Every one has rca,
, how Chune', the elephant at the old Excite
Change, went mad from it; and it is popular
ly supposed that ii l. often a cause of madneS
in dogs. aud | really think it is very probable
The poor brutes ;, elk the sA mpathy and aid O
their masters; for have known "a poor old ca
come moaning time alter time until it drew at
tentlon to its teeth--a surgeon who was visitin
1T the house first suggested the cause of the ami
mai dlScomtort-and one person. more skillC
than the others, possibly. in the management q
= our dumb companions, drew tooth which wa
y rather loose, aud at once relieved the pOo
y creature. | once knew man who assisted a
the extraction OF tooth from the head of
! very different cat-the patient being fin
leopard III the Regent Park Gardens. A
account appeared III the papers OF the time, 5
| may be excused from any lengthy detail
II When the authorities had decided that it wa
toothache which allied the animal, they had
Is small but very strong sack made and with thi
II after much trOuole, succeeded in bagging I'll
leopard His head ofcOurse was left out Il
sack beng drawn pretty tightly around h
l. neck. The operation was attended with con
so plete success to the leopard his tooth W;
p drawn, and he recovered but, unhappily, .iu
as 1t was over, by desperate plunge he bur
the sack, and, thrustlng his paw through Il
n opening, drove his talOns deep into the arm
ut a keeper, tearing and laccratlng the man fea
Ii fully.
1e | can not leave this subject without adviSir
IS. my readers that the following recipe, tor whi(
w | am indebted to the Lancet, and which oug
n. 70 DC made as widely known as possible, W
e- really cure the most maddcning toOthach
Wy One drachm OF COLLATION., added to two drachI
ne OF Calvert ; carboIc acid gelatinouS mass
u, plecpitated, small portion of which insert
III the cavity of an aching tooth invariably Civ
On Immediate relief Observe, this is Tor t
ut teeth only, not the ear
ed The worst of slight flaw in the tooth is tn
81 the tongue will never leave it alone; but,
or though 1t SACRIFICES itself by the practice, "
9ss insist on poklng away at it until more and m,
~ breaks on. This irritation Is SO pleasing, "a
ke so indispensable to some persons that tn
Ter employ artificial means to excite it. A fl
a quent picking of the teeth is a very comm
aud very injurious way; but in the case of
lat musician was once acquainted with it to
IA Tar stranger form. This man always kept
we pin II his mouth, only removing it when
slept. lie ate, drank, chatted, sang. and nj;
led ed with this dangerous and lunatic-like pl;
his thing III his mouth. For thirty years he ~
eS. sisted IN the Practice, changing the pin ev,
nk- few weeks, Ly which time it would have beco
n almost black. Over aud over again was he
lth monstrated with, but IN vain; aud at last q
've pm slipped down his throat, and he was dc
ven man III week
HE Ihls anecdOtc recalls the fact that false te,
ON are not all conf TT, aud some little care m
1eh DC taken TO prevent such catastrophe as Il
lSt' Just anu Ell to- for instances have occurred
his >uttoratlun where the teeth have been pul
bert out y the tond soft food such as battel-p
dlng or mashed pntlt0e> is what should
chiefly guarded against. 1t is imphSSihle
5 avoid IN describing accidents Of this kind
~ certain ludlcrouS cOlurlng, however serious
MS matter may lie to the person concerned tn
lrt- when mention that have known a dog
re- away with two most expensive teeth, which
part zen detached by the adhesive qualities
by some soft pudding, know the reader
cry smile, although at the moment the incid
MY was most alarming, and the teeth were o
ex- coughed up in time 10 save their owner fir
hat sufocatlOn. So with a gentleman very v
dye known, and ranking very high as a tutor an
'un- conductor of aspirants successfully thrO,
the those examinations he will remember, il
rec, sees these lines how when staying at stra
and house he left his teeth on his drnss;no ,ol
S68, and how the house. maid threw tbem aSso' 'u
bout that they had to be sougbt and racruod g.
lich the dust-bin. -
bly,, Most wearers Of false teeth take them out
co. going tc bed, but some are Obliged to rem
them whenever they eat. This latter be
the very operation for which they are usu
not bought, their removal seems absnrd-but