Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-23
NO24

opleNyY There Is not one IN FIVE
uuNpREp, that could tell when ho
had y patient of increased mLoon-
TENTloN or AlprLENN, Ii does not
come under the study of the den.
tal pro6ssion,' for a dentist to be
acquainted with the symptoms of
those diseases or conditions, hence,
he is not able to discriminate or Iii.
agnse the different degrees of health.
Ii is often the case, that the physi-
elan will make the wrong diagnosis
when he has made pathology n
special study. The ordinary den.
tist that knows but little about gem
eral pathology, what does he know,
or what can he dop
Men who have made the study of
nitrous oxide special study and
are tho most skilled men we hsye
to handle il, will tell YOU that in
their daily practice they fear most
every case, for the reason they are
not able to diagnose properly, yet
people persist in taking Il, | can
not blame them much for they are
made to believe that there is no
danger.
When it is administered to n pa
tiont of an apoplectic diathesis it is
dangerous, yet il is not SO much
SO us in increased blood ten
tion where the patient is recover
ing. Where there is n tendency of
the blood-vossels to freely and
easily dilato n distension may set
in i,om which there might be no
recovery. In u case where apo
plectic tendency is suspected, nj
trous oxide is strongly contrain-
dioatcd, but IL is comparatively
speaking the safest known anos-
thctic, | could mention the eases
of several patients that have come
under my knowledge that reapcd
the i'll effects of nitrous oxide, and
since | have been writing this, ]
have been told of n easo that oc-
cured here in your own town and
under tho observation of several in
the city, That ] have no doubt was
u case of apoplootic diathesis. The
patient recovered after one or two
days work from the skillol M. DIS
of the city. What would the den
tist dc IL II was not for tho M. d.,
when he gets into difficulty by adj
ministering this gas2
will cite you W q few oases On
record, which have occurred in the
practice of some of the leading
men Of the profession, who have
discontinued its use:
A prominent dentist Of New
York says the immediate effects of
inhalation are not NIL we have TO
consider. Many instances of head.
ache. paralysis and sometimes in
sanity following ii. Women es-
pecielly are liable to accidents from
it. During the hot weather II is
not at NIL advisable to take il.
In the practice Of another prom
nont man, no says he administered
il TO u physician, and that diabetis
set in, and IN u very short time he
lost forty pounds from the effects
of il. And another, that he never
knew well day from the time he
took the gus; diabetis, the trouble,
and after n year and half died.
w. II. Atkisson, the most pop
ular dentist Of tho American Den
tai Association, says that all anes-
thetics are dangerous. Nitrous
oxide is not II supporter of respi-
ration and cannot contribute To tho
molecular changes necessary TO tire
continuance Of systemic life. He
wants TO know ifthcre is man able
to say hc is strong enough to know
how to administer nitrous oxide.
lie also says, where is the man who
can diagnose the apoplectic ten
dency?
You can sec from tho above TINT
there is more Danger III having 80
small M operation rs the extraction
of tooth under the influence Of
M anesthctic, however, when a
large operation such as amputating
limb, / would advise al ancs-
thetic; but when il comes TO risk
ing the life of person for the
simple extraction Of Il tooth, can
not advise IT, II If hard 10 make
up The mind sometimes TO have il
done, but it is only n momentary
operation. What is that compared
with the risk Of life.
This article il especially for those
who are not aware Of the danger
they are subject TO when inhaiing
Nitrous Oxide Gas. IL is not
through jealousy toward anyone
that IL using il that write this
article. but il is 10 warn others of
the great danger they subject 10
when taking it.
q. w. MoffETT, Dentist.
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, editor Of the