West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-02
IN A DENTISTS OFFICE.
The plncreot ways la which People Fac,
Trying Ordoai-StronE Men show th,
Least Nerve,

- WV 'Nl''llon OF tCctn rs great a
horror IS ii used to bcg" asked . re
porter of aDenvcr dentist.
We'll" he said. "thore doesn't I
seem TO be much change The idea.
which is worse than the thing itself,
will always contain untold horrors for
those who are very nervous, aud the
prospect can scarcely be expected to be
pleasing even To the most phlegmatic
temperament
Who are the most heroic in this
particular"
women, IN cvory instance. particu-
larry lnvaiids You see, women are ac-
customed To the endurance of consider
able moro pain than the world ever
dreams OF. and frail, del cate creatures
sit down and have two or three teeth
pulled out without murmuring. The
more emotional ones usually look mex
pressible gratitude at the dentist when
1t is all over, and exclaim clolucntly AS
To their relief Others say nothing. al
though their faces show that they are
glad enough to he rid of the trouble
some members"
Who are your most refractory
cases?'
Great healthy men, who have never
suffered an ache or n pain i'm their lives.
They hdget and swear and below when
they are touched, and usually about the
time the dentist is ready to operate they
conclude suddenly that they viii suffer
1t out yet awhile, and that IL is not nee
cssary to have anything done. They
are perfect babies about Their teeth, and
n 10
disguise their fear. When accompanied
by wives and sisters they are often
laughed at for their own cowardice. but
they never change countcnance. They
act as II they were going TO be hanged q
DO you object TO the use of aups-
theticsPN
&" Not in the least. On the contrary.
i am in favor of them, but we dentists
have to be very careful where we ad.
minister them. / can usually tell by n
man 5 looks whether his constitution will
stand the application of anmsthctic."
tellP" ~
"a persons manner and his appear
ance indicate to physician or dentist
whether or not he is of an exceedingly
nervous temperament ANY ORGANISM
may be rendered nervous through over
eXertion, physical or mental, or
through some strain produced on the
brain by trouble, but the naturally
nervous organism is wholly different
from these IL Is to the latter consti-
tutionS thatNvo refuse TO apply ans.a-
thetics, Tor the re >ult Is certain death
These persons invariably bog for chic
roform or gas, and when we refuse TO
give IL 10 them, they use all the efforts
in their power 20 induce us 20 change
our minds. They argue that theirs Is
the responsibility in case anything hap
pens, but we know better. and we re-
fuse To be made responsible for
corpses. People in bad conditions of
mind often come TO us, when there is
little the matter with their teeth, seek
ing. as we can easily see, oblivion, car
ing little what follows. We are very
wary in such cases, and il not infre-
quently occurs that we are thus instru-
mental in preventing. or at least post
poning, calamities."
Is the effect produced by an an@s-
thetic uniformP"
"No, indeed No two people are
similarly affected by anwsthctics.
Some very quiet people drop easily to
sleep, but the majority of human or
ganisms have n hand-to-hand struggle
with their ruling passions, while the
Supplying sensation is taking posses
sion OF them. once administered
chloroiorm TO newspaper man, and
he repeated poetry for fully half an
hour, giving the lines with fcryor and
expression.
"Ele finally fell asleep with a couplet
on his lips. This is a good instance of
the subject Whatever is most strong
ly impressed on mans mind. what
ever he is living for. or struggling for.
is pretty apt TO come TO the surface
when his outer senses are steeped in
repose. When his mind is awake IL is
filled with n certain pride and imbued
with a desire to keep it, inner workings
safe from the Wow of other men.
When It is under the influence of an
an@sthetic these safeguards are let
down, and professional men catch
many unhappy secrets from their pa
tients in the chair These experiences
are singular ones, end can never fail to
interest psychologists
People think Of having their teeth
drawn rather than filed, do they notP"
"SOme very old fashioned people con
have troublesome teeth drawn az once.
but their more progressive sons and
daughters prefer TO have every effort
made to save their teeth, rather than TO
sacrifice them. The trouble is, people
do not nave their teeth examined often
enough. II they would have the pin
head cavities attended TO they would
probably never suffer from t0Othacho.
and, in many cases would never lose
their teeth. There b. "a certain class Of
quack dentists who will draw tooth
that is nearly sound for the sake Of
earning fee. 70 tho everlasting dis
credit Of the profession. 10 is our busi-
ness 20 preserve the teeth. rather than
10 destroy them, aud no tooth should
ever be drawn which can possibly be
saved and skillfully made TO serve its
purpose for a number OF years.
Arc persons hard 10 suit in false
teoth?"
You would think 80 II you spent a
day in this est0bi hment n "a wom-
ans teeth have been particularly bad
she insists upon having beautiful teeth
made, and 10 ft them into her mouth is
difficult matter n they are not hand
some she will never be satisfied. and
there are many who are not willing to
pay sufficient price. 10 enable the den
lists 20 give as much time and thought
to The manufacture Of their teeth as
they might do otherwise.
do YOU experience much trouble in
pulling children tccth"'
None af ALI We never force ,h1