The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10
FUN IN A DENTAL OFFICE.
The Man Who Went Crazy and the
Maiden Who Swooned.

"It is a fact perhaps not generally
known, especially to those who FORUM
atelY find no cause for visiting a dental
office" said a well-known dentist yester-
day. that we are forced at times to wit
ness highly amusing, not to say exciting,
scenes. The administering of gas, ether,
etc., is sometimes attended with alarming
results. Sometime ago | had in my en-
ploy a young man who was in every re-
spect a first class workman. One evening
as the hands upon the clock were ap-
preaching the hour of 6 a tall, rough-ap-
bearing man entered the operating room
and requested that his teeth be cleaned.
He was placed in n of the chairs, n
the young man in question, who had
been preparing to leave the office, and was
Disguised at the prospect Of detention,
Commenced the job. The stranger had
several inches of tartar on his molars and
the operator went at them in rather a
rough manner. The patient SOC became
violently sick at his stomach, and re-
queSted that gas be administered 1t was
given him, and the result was startling.
In a few moments he Strengthened up IN
his chair, gazed at the workman a second,
and then remarked: What in hi are
you doing? The former, seeming danger
in the air, dropped his tools and fed. In
an instant the patient was in the middle
of the floor. Then he made a dash at the
wall of the room, dug his finger nails in
the plastering and, cat-like, attempted to
ascend to the ceiling. Finding this out
of the question, he darted through the
reception room, frightening my Lady at
tendant into Mysteries, and finally landed
in the laboratory. Here more confusion
ensued. Three workmen, imagining a
lunatic had broken loose, made a dash for
the hall door. The big man followed. In
the meantime the young man who had
administered the gas, with two others,
appeared at the hall door of the operating
room. The three men from the labora-
tory were leading in a bunch in the race,
with the crazy patient crowding them for
a. place. Suddenly the latter espied the
man who had driven him crazy. He
stopped for just an instant, then with the
remark, 81 see you, you little devil, " he
made a lunge forward. He fell, however,
and instantly six men were seated upon
PROSTATE body. He was crrried into the
reception room, brought to his senses, and
his first words as usual we're: "Where
am II"
"This is only one of numerous Incl
dents, both alarming and amusing, which
are of frequent occurrence. One day a
handsome young lady and her mother en-
ter d our establishment. The young lady
had an aching tooth, which she desired
filled. Mamma was comfortably seated
in a chair near the operating chair, the
young lady took her seat, and the little
drill started to work. Pretty soon the
young lady swooned, and in the hustle
which followed in Bringing her around,
mamma was forgotten. After the job
had been completed the young lady
naturally looked around for her mother.
She was nowhere to be seen. A hasty
search was made and finally the reception
room was reached. The door could not
be opened. A heavy push was given it
and something was moved aside. Upon
entering was found limp, white
and unconscious upon the floor. She had
lost her nerve when her daughter tainted,
silently entered the reception room and
there swooned herself. Another Job of
restoration was found necessary before
mother and daughter could enter their
carriage"