The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-17
rzHN OUT GO YOUR TEETH.
po,narks Made by People Sitting in
Dentists Chairs.
from the Nelo York Press.

ing way prominent dentist spoke the
sthor day to the daughter of a well-known
Dor residing near the Lotus club, on
Itstb avenue. as she leaned back in the oper-
atng chair.
.;ocnlated the tooth extractor, with well
fgigned establishment at his seeming forget
t',iness 81 had almost forgotten to inquire
Lrbich tooth it was that had been aching
YOU so Longer
U.I1t,s lat 7un Jack on is side" replied the
,-ounp lady .evincing a slight difficulty in pro-
1Sounciation, as she placed her finger on the
+ronhlesome molar, to indicate its exact
'Ot @Ab, yes. I thought it was there" OBJ
carved, the dentist, unblushingly.
mIt won't hurt me much, Will 1T, doctorW
anxiously queried the patient as she firmly
~rrasned both arms of the chair and opened
Ser mouth Just wee bit.
tPshaw. of course not" responded the
knight of the forceps, at the same time tax
inc a firm grip on the steel tweezers, which
he held in his right hand, dscree .ly placed
bebind his back, out of sight of his patient.
81 saw, DOCTOR" observed the young lady
suddenly. "how do dentistsacquires strength
enough to extract teethF
"Swing Indian clubs in the back yard or
their private gynasiums," replied tine den
fql DracLlUlOu6IS OHNo bl6 IdCG
that the poor grip vas losing courage.
allow strange" she murmIred, with a
far off look, but seeming to recollect all at
once that she was not in a dentists gym
nasium, continued:
"Well, doctor, guess you had better
mil the nasty tooth out and have the agony
over with"
Now, knew you were brave because
vonr papa has told me SO frequentlyn And
L.. bod enid ,oh 70
vonng ladyS fears, the dentist slowly
raised his hand, in which were grasped those
ugly forceps The young lady's eyes ID a
measure seemed to grasp the situation at
tbe same time. Nearer and nearer drew
these bits of polished steel, when, 10! the
patient changed her mind Her lips sud
denly closed with determination not to be
ignored.
to-day" she said. ''It has stopped aching,
anyway"
stopped aching, you say? Well am
glad to hear that said the dentist with
forced smile, and a slight touch of sarcasm
IN his voice Then the young lady called
for water TO keep her from fanting, fever
ishy clutched the glass when brought,
quickly swallowed the contents, arose from
the operating chair and was soon on her
way home, still the posseSsor of a promi-
one not at all partial to cold air
Il have just such cases every day." said
the dentist, after relating the foregoing ex-
ample If timid people and their dread of
dentists and all their accessories. Il used to
have SO called laughing gas on tap" con-
tinued the narrator, "but | soon found that
it was not alone a non-paying investment
for the trade catered to, but in some in
stances dangerous one. Unless the pure
nitrous oxide gas is used a dentist is assum-
ing great deal to have it on hand. OF
course, there are people who never could
be filed with sufficient gas Of any kind to
kill them. Ladies, as rule, are afraid to
to take gas The big black bag which con-
tains the sleep lnducer nine times out of
ten is enough 20 scare them to death. If
they start out from their homes with the
firm resolve to have the tooth painlessly
drawn the chances are they will allow you
to waste 81 worth Of gas trying to show
them how it works. and end the Joke by
telling you they will be around the follow
ing day, when their nerves are not so I'M
strung. All, me. verify dentists life is not
always a bed of roses
Then, again, there are others who would
be committing downright suicide to take
even enough gas TO render them insensible
In making this statement l do not wish to
be put on record as saying that the use of
nitrous oxide gas is not practicable in many
cases. | have taken it dozens of times my
self just for the fun of the thing, and be-
leve person could become as much addict
ed to its use in time as a morphine or
choral eater is to these deeterious drugs.
There are quite a number of dentists in this
city who advertise extensively for patron
age which is a capital idea if a young man is
just starting out in business aud seeks for
mixed practice; or even if he has been In
the business long time, and desir to in
crease his business, a little notice in the
paper once in a while won't hurt him bit.
Many dentists in this city are just now ad-
vertIslng extensively that they use nitrous
oxide gas, price so cents for the painless
extraction of teeth, and | believe that in al
most every instance the gas used is puren
The reporter called upon west side der
test yesterday who told him that he had
larger gas trade' than any other branch
Of the business
DO you know" said the dentist as he
grabbed an ominous looking black bag
from an adjacent hook in tne operating
room and proceeded to fill it with gas from
formidable looking tank, that have
more tun administering and witnessing the
eHect OF gas on all sorts of people than one
would imagine? A fellow came to me last
week with cheek-l mean a swelled cheek,
OF course-advising me that he was the
sole owner OF large and liberated back
tooth, which he wished extracted. He said
ne couldn't sleep with it and believed him.
told MN that it would hardly be safe to
pull the tooth then. He in listed, however.
ana J, with much trepidation as to the re-
S 81, selected pair of bulldog forceps.
ne sufferer had slaced himself in the chair,
Wnen suddenly thought of the gas. The
patent not Directing to the inhalation,
soon placed a small piece of cork between
.ne teetn OF his upper and lower Jaw, and
ten seconds later the man had closed his
eyes' AS quickly as possible l started in
" %Vrk, and, great Jehoshephatl what a
80! !i l had TO get that big molar out. Every
b S,,IS Vggged the patient laughed, and the
'Tii luor pulled the harder he laughed.
alIne was passing and it did not seem to
-, lle sucn laughing matter as it appeared
~ .he man under the influence of the an
S %svnesla. Supposing though, the fellow
uoulu come to before l have pulled the
s eootn' then there will be fun. went at it
Seih ana two seconds later out it came,
i Su W. al the last twitch the patient yelled as
III mortal agony. Did you feel any pain,
W' as he opened his eyesl
ny not bit" he replied. 81 thought
sn as IN heaven and that two charming
s SbnSelS were feeding me molasses with coal
r,J JJeN and-great hesvensl where am IL
fruuenly CALCULATED the fellow, jumping up
aO 9h the chair and looking wildly about.
a. yes. am in the dentists. is it out 2
Ijal enahK you. / feel ever so much re-
beu How much9 Is that allf Why.
n INV reasonable" With large sized tooth
pnt carefully in a box the young man
frsr on ms hat and departed In a happy