St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-02

plans used by dentists to secure quiet on the
part of the child during the operation. The
first thing necessary is TO obtain the confl-
dence of the child, which is half the battle.
Children are naturally restless, and the
process of filling is a difficult and painful
one, requiring special care with them. An
important factor of success is not to over
task or continue the sitting to the extreme
limit of childish endurance. There are too
many dentists who dislike to operate upon
children. but this is a Sinking of profess
sional duty, and should not be, be-
cause the efficacy and promise of great
good lie in the skillful attention to the de-
ciduous teeth. Heredity teaches this I'M
mistakably, and high civilization makes it
imperative, if we would not have succeed
;ag peoples edentulous. Begin with the
Young. as should all reforms. and by the
aid of operative and prophylactic meas
ures ward off threatened dangers. EXer-
else the evil spirits of doubt and fear which
haunt too many offices and invite the gentle
fairies which are near kin to the German
''Zauber," who so charmingly rewards the
good deeds of all his little friends Simple
and narrow though the field is, with no ro-
nance in it anywhere, yet the end striven
for ennobles it. By thus destroying the
little foxes" perfecting the technique
and urging a hygienic mode of living, our
profession may more effectually benefit
mankind.
THE NEW DISCOVERY.
DR.. j. H. Martindale read paper on CO.
caine, subject that is of the greatest in
terest in dental circles at this time. Co
caine is the newly-dscovered local anRs-
thetic with which dentists are even now
only experimenting, but which is believed
to be great discovery. The paper treated
of some of these experiments with their
successes and their partial failures respec-
lively. 1t provoked considerable discus
sion, eight or nine of the assembled dentists
giving their varied experience.
TEETH ANATOMY.
DR.. G. E. Hale, st. Paul, read a good pa
per on Minute Anatomy of the Teeth, of
which the salient points are as follows:
When examined under the higher powers of
the microscope the human tooth is seen to
be made up of system OF capillary tubes,
10, 600 of which would only measure an
inch. These tubules contain living matter,
the dentinal fiber, so called, and proceed
outward from the pulp to the enamel on the
exterior of the tooth. The sensitiveness in
teeth is due TO the presence and vitality of
the contents of the dentinal tubuleS no
nerve fibers being found within the hard
tissues. The enamel that covers the dem
tine is the hardest tissue in the body, and is
made up of minute columns or rods, be-
tween which is a small amount of living
matter. Children's teeth are less dense,
and so more liable to decay, because con-
tanning relatively large amount of living
matter. AS age advances the teeth become
harder by the deposition of lime salts and
SO less liable to carries. In sickness the
tooth structure deteriorates by the circula-
ton carrying away the earthly constituents,
while in old age the teeth become brittle
because of the absorption of the animal
matter.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DrS. E. ID. Allison. Marshall, and Paul
DUPONT and T. l.. Hedderly, Minneapolis,
were admitted to active membership.