The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-12-10
Teeth Drawn byLishtning
Invention by a Peoria Dentist Of an
Electrical Appliance for Extract
ing Troublesome MOlars.
No pain whatever is experienced.
LudiorOus 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, If not to
entirely dissipate, the excruciating agony,
incident to the extracting OF teeth, is the
application Of electricity TO dental opera
tions.
Some people call it "fad," aud others,
before It's value had been tested, are said
to have described 1t by other titles neither
SO fashionable nor so euphonious. Since
its worth as "paln-killer' has been dem
onstrated il 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 neat case, which
also encloses battery by which It's opera
tion is controlled ana directed. The dis
cUvery of Peoria dentist, IL was perfected
three years ago, and now protected by
letters patent both in this country and
Europe, in the expressive phiaseology of
scientific men supplies long felt want"
Three wires connected with the battery
are employed. Two of these are attached
20 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 as administered in quantities
sufficient to entirely overcome the pain
ordinarily attendant upon the act of eX-
traction without, however, entailing the
disagreeable effects produced by the adj
ministeriUg OF anaesthetics As Is well
known the nerves that conduct The sensa-
non Of pam 10 the brain are nearest the
surface and the bGnumbng effect produc-
ed by the electric current upon the SEN
tient nerves dissipates the pain, with
which all nre familiar. In short, the cur
rent Is so much more raDid than The nerve
action, TINT the vibrator becomes, for the
time being the carriage Of the pain, so TO
speak, aud carries il of. The patient
mkes his place in the operating chair, |
gIusps an eleCtrode in each hand, the for |
ceps are charged, and almost before he is
aware of the situation The offending mOlar
has been removed, without experiencing
the least possible Inconvenience. Al all |
have tried 1t.
An Office has leen established in this
city, and, though open but fortnight, has
Hecome haven OF reliei. Some rather
ludlcrous scenes are daily Witnessed there.
The olher day u man with his la"c svol.
leu out Ui shape from pain created by u
pair Of "stumps" which repelled all over
sIres for their removal submitted 10 the
vibrator and was almost Immediately
from q condition OF mental and
physical torture 70 that of ecstatic felicity.
Il know ii VIII hurt" he said "and that
IN yell like the dickens. But I'm going
% have them out all the same" When
old that the job was done he vowed that
ie was ignorant of the fact, and manifest
ID his delight In antics that partOOk more
Jf the Appearance Of sony and dance man
hau one who, as be said, had Tor days en-
iufed all the agonies oI victim of the in
Iuisti0n.
As a rule, however, patients aIe weigh.
d down with anxiety and apprehension,
nd only realize the absence OF cause
herelOr when the tooth is drawn. And
u this particular II may be said men thus ,
lfflicted oulnumber the opposite sex.
While visiting the rooms recently an
ivening News reporter witnessed an old
ady waiting her turn IN state OF appar-
mt mental Cisquietude difficult 70 de-
criLe Finally she was called 10 the
hair, the current was started, and in a
econd the dentist In charge removed the
.ause of her disue ess. She seemed scarcely
conscious OF the success he had achieved,
md when shown the tooth, declared she
eli but slight twinge, and could hardly
ielieve the tooth grasped in the iorceps
lad once belonged 10 her. These are in
tances, taken haphazard, Of the utility
md effectiveness Of the new dlspensatlon,
,ut others have been remarked, for from
Wenty TO thirty day is the average
hpt are now having recourse 10 the In-
trument as panacea for the chlelest i'll
rhich teeth are heir TO,
When first introduced in Peoria there
re said to have been nearly one thousand
eeth, prongs, stumps, and infirm relics
enioved by this process in one week, and
bat the daily average was from seventy
We to one hundred. There are now, 1t
claimed, upward of two hundred OF the
ental vibrator in use in the United States
nd Canada, and that their introduction
ito England and throughout continental 7
Europe Is in progress An opportunity TO Q
Isl It's pLin-killing power was offered the
,porter, but he declined with thanks, 7
ptwitbstandiug that no charge would d
aye been made for the services rendered. II
II the claims made in its behalf are =
lrne out by the facts, may il not be that Al
the near future parties will be made up 81
enjoy the experience Of toothdrawing
ithout pain From the Chicago Daily
ews, April 23rd.
pr. Hisey has secured the exclusive
ght to use this apparatus in Wellington =
ID vicinity and as testimonials below
81 indicate, he has already met with n
nsiderable success. l.