The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-02-06
Prom the Chicago Times.

AGED MAN by a
Prom the Chicago Times.
At the last meeting OF the Chicago Del
tai Society the rare and successful operation
of transplauting tooth from the mouth OF
one per- on to that Of another Was reported
by a prominent dentist Of this city. y
representative Of the Times sought for par
ticuiars Of the case at the Office OF the sec
Rotary Of the society, and was referred to
the deutist himself, who had succeeded in
doing what nature could not-supplying
man with third tooth-and had mixed
two people up in very effectual way. the
result of which is that middle-aged gen.
tleman Ii, In part, girl Of eighteen or
twenty.
The doctor was A. W. Harlan. He con-
sented to give the facts In the case. and
commenced by saying that a gentleman OF
about forty yfaiS OF age came ID him some
time ago to have the split root OF an old
tooth removed. He was not willing to
wear plate to support single tooth, and
the doctor sugpested the uansplanting OF
molar from living subject. The idea met
with favor on the pait of the gentleman
when he was told that successful operations
Of the kind were on record. He WIS not
particular whose teeth ate his meat, pro-
vided he got the benefit Of the nutiition.
Five weeks afterward yon1g II iy pre-
sented herself whose teeth were too many
for her jaw. She could eat better than she
could talk. DIR. Harlan suggested weed
ing, or teething, out. He extract,d the
tooth next in the rear OF the eye-tooth,
scientifically speaking, the first bis-cuspid.
Ten minutes afterward he recollec' ID that
bis patient, forty years Of age, ws' still in
want OF a tooth. Notwithst oding the
vacancy in the iatter's Jaw would be that
Of the second s-euspid and on the oppo-
site side Of tn |, mouth, the doctor resolved
to try the experiment Of transpls rig. He
placed the feminine 10Th in glyt ne and
sent for his patient. II VIZ nearly five
hours before no e,.ived. The glyceiins
had been kept at blood heat, and when the
gentleman came the pulpor nerve OF the
tooth was removed and the roots we're filled
with gold. The centleman's tooth. o.
what remained Of It, WIS then extracted
and the y,urg lady's WIS immediatel!
transferred to his jaw. 1t was firmly tiet
to the adjoining t. eth and his jaws ban
daged togsiher for the night. BY the thirt
day the doctor was satisfied from tho lacl
Of infiammaiio ion sud the abtense OF pair
that the operation would be succeFsful. Oh
the ninth day the ligatures were removed
and, on the fourt senth. the tooth ": 'quit'
firm from that tine on 1t continued Il
grow Hrmer In It's attachment for the Jaw
until at the end Of six weer I, 1t VAS % rse
full In masticat'ug AS anyef 3 neighbors
In color aud sizo the mat hing was nearl
perfect. The only difference between th
transplanted tooth and the original on
was In the shape OF the roots that OF tn
latter was single while the latt IT hsd
double root, but the socket corld hardl
have been better fitted.
The repo, Ger found on investigation tina
the replanting of teeth is q common occu'
rence In the Uuif d States and France
the ext. acting and replacing Of the sam
tooth--but that the operation OF tram
planting Is very rare. The ancients wei
not generally successful b. ause they faile
70 remove the pulp. or neive, and all th
cavity Of the tooth with some indestruct
BILE substance before the tooth WI
put In It's place. Hippocrates, the ancier
Greek, seems to have been the first to NAL
q success OF the operation. The first 81
cessful modern operations OF the kind ma
be counted on the fingers. Ambrose Pa
performed the operation once 10 1862
Forestus, once or tN .ce N 1902; P. Foucl
ard, once In 1715 Jobu Hunter, the En-
lish surgeon ,pelal, many times 10 It'll
Maury, French dentist, twice in 1872, Al
others . few times within the past b
years. These last are, 80 far IS know
Prof. Taft. of Cincinnati, who performs
the operation with su ,cess In Mach, 1877
DIR. Morrison, of st. Louis, In 1876; D
Wcters, OF Boston, In 1870, and DR.. St,
wagon, OF Philadelphia, In 1875. The 30
csssful operation by DIR. Harlan Is the al
Of the kind IN this city.
There are on record the successful iss
Of transplanting dogs teeth fiom ono :
nine TO another. A dog'e tooth has DO
made 10 grow In . cocks comb and anoth
In the shoulder Of nm snimaL Some de
lists who have been unsnccessfal themselv
In the operation have beeo disposed
laugh 1t the operation. One wrote recent
In dental journal =" hsve on many I
casions inserted into tho bleeding cavit
left by the extraction OF teeth, COW
shesp or pigs teeth, with perfectly sat
factory results, and my practice has b
for years to keep on hand, for tho uss
patients with small mesns,a graduated
Of ivory pegs, shspe1 Ike teeth. which 9
b. planted successfully. These Pegs 9
be trimmed to match before the to-
they are TO replace ere extaetsd, and 3