San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-06
Process of Restoring Teeth.

The operation was performed upon pa
tients at the dental rooms of DR.. J. Albert
Kimball by his chief assistant, DR.. Attolin-
qua The root cavities occupied by the
decayed teeth were deepened, and natural
teeth from other mouths, which had been
extracted considerable length of time,
inserted. In one instance an inward
growing sound tooth was extracted, a new
root cavity bored and the same tooth in
serted in an upright position. So skill
fully indeed were these operations per-
formed, that dentists who were permitted
to examine the work after the lapse of
few days, failed to detect the newly in
stalled member. We regard the achieve
ment in dental surgery which dispenses
with the Objectionable plates and pivots,
and replaces the lost members with step
children that good mother nature takes to
so kindly, as the ne plus ultra OF dentistry.
Herald of Health.
A Party of Deaf Mutes.
came upon picnic party of deaf mutes
in the woods along the Harlem river the
other day. They were all young people,
and some of the girls were very pretty.
They were camped on the green sward in
true picnic fashion, and had an abundant
supply of solids in big baskets. To their
invitation to join them, which was eX-
tended, l have no doubt, because they
thought me an artist, for had a sketch
book in my hand, complied so far as to
drink bottle of beer that they offered
me. The uncanniness of the company
became too oppressive, however. Amid
the vocal beauty of nature, where
everything had voice, from the birds
to the ripping water and the rustling
I4a %l,N Ill IS 80,
proved too much for my nerves. Turn
wherever might, there We're faces that
had expression, but lips that uttered no
sound. The swift movements of their
hands in the sign language only made
matters worse. Perhaps if l could have
used my hands as deity might have felt
had something awful about it and /
finished my beer gave proper thanks for
1T and went away. | fairly yelled with
relief when the thickets hid me from
sight and then blushed at the thought
that they might have heard me, if they
had had ears. Foolish as the idea was it
made me quite miserable and | should be
ashamed to tell exactly how many glasses
of beer were required to cause me to for
get the encounter.
actually realized that afternoon, at a
waking moment, the dreadful sensation
of nightmare, when one struggles frant-
ically for speech, and cannot find it, and
while nameless horror weighs down
ones body while it suffocates the soul
Talking over the experience that night
with medical friend he told me that my
case was not an uncommon one. With
people who can speak speech becomes a
positive sensation. Many doctors cannot
be got to assume duties in deaf and dumb
asylums. They claim that the unnatural
stiffness completely upsets nerve. Even
the less imaginative and more stolid
mental classes are difficult to be got for
service in such establishments Work
under such unusual conditions wears
them out faster than the serious and
arduous labors of hospitals and insane
asylums, and men and women who will
toll for years amid the most distressing
and depressing surroundings, will, on
this account, reject opportunities for
comparatively easy and comfortable serv-
ice. After my picnic experience l GER
tainly cannot blame them, either.-Alfred
Tumble in New York News.