The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-12-03
Teeth Drawn byLightning
Invention by a Peoria Dentist Of an
Electrical Appliance for Extract
ing Troublesome MOlars.
No pain whatever is experienced.

No pain whatever is experienced.
Ludicrous Scenes in Clark Street Tooth
Shop-How the Machine Works.
The latest innovation upon the estab.
lIshed order of things, and the latest dis
pensation designed TO mitigate, IL not to
entirely dissipate, the excruciattng agony,
incident to the extracting OF teeth, is the
application Of electricity TO dental opera
tionS
Some people call it "fad, and others,
before its value had been tested, are said
TO have described it by other titles neither
so fashionable nor so euphonious, Since
its worth as "paln- killer has been dem
onstrated it is called the electric won
der" though the commercial name is "the
dental electric vibrator" The mechanism
of the invention is very simple. The vi
brator is contained IN II neat case, which
also encloses battery by which its opera
tion is controlled ana directed, The dis
covery of Peoria dentist, il was perfected
three years ago, and now protected by
letters patent both in this country and
Europe, in the expressive phlaseology of
scientific men supplies long felt want"
Three wires connected with the battery
are employed. Two of these are attached
60 metal electrodes or handles, each of
which is held by the patient, while the
third wire Is attached 10 the forceps.
There is vibratory spring which opens
and closes the circuit, by means of which
smooth fine current OF electricity Is gen
Grated, and IS administered in quantities
sufficient to entirely overcome the pain
ordinarily attendant upon the act of eX-
traction without, however, entailiug the
disagreeabe effects produced by the ad-
ministering o. anaesthetics As is well
known the nerves that conduct The sensa-
t.on Of pam 70 the brain are nearest the
suriace, and the benumbing effect pruduc-
ed by the electric current upon the SEN
tieut nerves dissipateS the pain, with
which all are familiar In short, the cur
rent is so much more rapid than The nerve
action, that tie vibrator becomes, for the
time being, the carriage Of the pain, so 70
speak, and carries it off. The patient
takes his place in the operating chair
grasps nm ellctr0de in each hand, the for
Ceps are charged and almost before he is
aware If the situation the offending moar
has been removed, without experiencing
tie least possible Inconvenience AT all
events such Is the verdict Of those who
have tried II.
An Office has leeu established in this
city, aud, though open but a fortnight. has
become hayeA OF reliei. Some rather
mdicrous scenes are daily Witnessed there.
The Olher day man with his face swol.
len out OF shape from pain created by a
pair Of "stumps" which repellcd all over
lures for their removal submitted 70 the
vibrator and was almost Immediately
translated from condition of mental and
physical torture to that OF ecstalic felicity.
IL know ii will hurt" he said, "and that
I'll yell like the dickens. But I'm going
10 have them out all the same.n When
told that the Job was done he vowed that
he was ignorant of the fact, and manifest.
ed his delight in antics that partook more
Oi the Appearance of n song and dance man
than Que who, as he said, had for days en-
dured all the agonles of victim Of the in
luisition.
As rule, however. patients ale weigh. |
ed down with anxiety and apprehension, |
And only realize the absence of cause |
therefor when the tooth is drawn And |
In this particular il may be said men thus
afflicted Ouinumber the opposite sex.
While visiting the rooms recently an
Evening News reporter witnessed an OLD
ahy waiting her turn in a state OF appaf.
snt mental Gisquietude difficult to de-
,cribe. Finally she was called TO the
chair the cur! ent was started, and in
second The deE,ist in charge removed the
cause of her dist pss She seemed scarcely
conscious of the success he had achieved,
ind when shown the tooth, declared she
elt but slight twinge, and could hardly
believe the tooth grasped In the iorceps
lad once belonged to her. These are in
stances, taken haphazard, Of the utility
md effectiveness of the new dispensation,
Jut others have been remarked, for from
.wenty to thirty day is the average
hat are now having recourse 10 the In.
as panacea for the chielest i'll
which teeth are heir TO,
When first introduced In Peoria there
re said to have been nearly one thousand
eeth, prongs, stumps, and infrm relics
by this process In one week, and
hat the daily average was from seventy
I've " one hundred. There are now, Il
4 claimed, upward OF two hundred OF the
Iental vibrator in use in the United States
nd Canada, and that their introduction
lto England and throughout continental
Europe Is in progress. An opportunity to
,st its pLin.killing power was offered the
,porter, but he declined with thanks,
1twitbstanding that no charge would
ave been made for the services rendered.
II the claims made In its behalf are Il
lrne out by the facts, may II not be that
the near future parties will be made up
enjoy the experience Of toothdrawing
thout pain9-From the Chicago Daily
ews, April 23rd. q
DIR. Hisey has secured the exclusive
yht to use this apparatus in Wellington
d vicinity and as testimonials below
il indicate, he has already met with =
nsiderable success.