The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-09-19
IN A DENTISTS OFFICE,

Least Nerve.
els the extraction of teeth as great a
horror as il used to beP" asked re-
porter of Denver dentist.
"Well," he said, 'there doesn't
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, and the
prospect can scarcely be expected to be
pleasing even to the most phlegmatic
temperament.
"Who are the most heroic in this
particularly
women, IN every instance. particu-
larly invalids. You see, women are &C
customed to the endurance of consider
able more pain than the world ever
dreams of, and frail, delicate creatures
sit down and have two or three teeth
pulled out without murmuring. The
more emotional ones usually look mex
preside gratitude at the dentist when
it is all over, and exclaim eloquently as
to their relief. Others say nothing, al
though their faces show that they are
glad enough to be rid Of the trouble
some members.
WHO are your most refractory
casesp"
"Great healthy men, who have never
suffered an ache or pain in their lives.
They iidget and swear and below when
they are touched, and usually about the
time the dentist is ready to operate they
conclude suddenly that they will suffer
it out yet awhile, and that it is not nee
essary to have anything done. They
are perfect babies about their teeth, and
never seem to think it worth while to
disguise their fear. When accompanied
by wives and sisters they are often
laughed at for their own cowardice, but
they never change countenance. They
act as if they were going to be hanged. "
"Do you object to the use of an@s-
theticsp''
:" Not in the least. On the contrary,
am in favor of them, but we dentists
have to be very careful where we adj
minister them. l can usually tell by a
man looks whether his constitution will
stand the application Of an9sthetic."
"What, for instance, enables you tc
tell?"
"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, Oh
through some strain produced on thu
brain by trouble, but the naturally
nervous organism is wholly different
from these. 1t is to the latter consti
buttons that we refuse to apply anas
thetics, for the result is certain death
These persons invariably beg for chic
reform or gas, and when we refuse t.
give it to them, they use all the efforts
in their power to induce us to change
our minds. They argue that theirs i
the responsibility in case anything hap
pens, but we know better, and we re
fuse to be made responsible fol
corpses. People in bad conditions o
mind often come to us, when there il
little the matter with their teeth. seek
$780, ing, as-we can easily see, oblivion, car
ing little what follows. We are yer,
wary in such cases, and it not infre
quently occurs that we are thus instru
mental in preventing, or at least post
poning, calamities."
"ls the effect produced by an anes
thetic uniformp'
mo, indeed. No two people ar
similarly affected by anesthetics
Some very quiet people drop easily t.
sleep, but the majority of human or
ganisms have y hand-to-hand struggl
with their ruling passions, while tn
Supplying sensation is taking posses
sion OF them. / once administers,
chloroform 10 6 newspaper man, ant
he repeated poetry for fully half o.
hour, giving the lines with fervor ant
expression.
ale finally fell asleep with couple
on his lips. This is u good instance c
the subject Whatever is most strong
ly impressed on mans mind. wha1
ever he is living for, or struggling fol
is pretty apt to come TO the surfac
when his outer senses are stepped
repose. When his mind is awake it
filled with a certain pride and imbue
with Il desire to keep its inner working
safe from the view of other mer
When it is under the influence of a
anesthetic these safeguards are Il
down, and profes sional men cate
many unhappy secrets from their p,
tents in the chair. These experience
are singular ones, and can never fail [
interest psychologists
People think of having their teet
drawn rather than filled, do they not?
'''Some very oldfashioned people col
slider il cheaper and more eifectual {
have troublesome teeth drawn at ono
but their more progressive sons an
daughters prefer to have every etlo
made TO save their teeth, rather than
sacrifice them. The trouble is, poop
do not have their teeth examined ofte
enough. If they would have the PHI
head cavities attended to they woul
probably never suffer from toothach
and, in many cases, would never 10:
their teeth. There is u certain class
quack dentists who will draw too,
that is nearly sound for the sake
earning q fee, to the everlasting di
credit of the profession. 1t is our bus
ness to preserve the teeth, rather ths
to destroy them, and no tooth shou
ever be drawn which can possibly
saved and skillfully made TO serve
purpose for number of years.
Are persons hard to suit in fall
teeth?'
90 You would think so if you spent
day in this establishment. If wor
ans teeth have been particularly b;
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