Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-05-19
BEATS LAUGHING GAS.
An Mectrical Appliance for Elk
traotin0 Deoayed MolarA
Ludicreus Scenes In . Chicago Tooth-shoy
Tooth Drawn by Lightning and With
out Pain to the victim-How the
Machine Works.

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Machine Work..
The latest innovation upon the estab-
Nshed order Of things, and the latest
dispensation designed to mitigate, II not
to entirely dissipate, the excrntiating
agony incident to the extracting Of
teeth, is the application OF electricity to
dental operations.
Some people call 1t fad" and
others, before its value had been tested,
are said to have described 1t by other
titles, neither so fashionable nor SO
euphonious. Since its worth as pain
killer" has been demonstrated 1t is
called the electric wonder" though
the commercial name is "the dental
electric vibrator" The mechanism of
the invention is very simple. The vi
orator is contained in a neat case, which
also incloses battery by which its OPP
Grafton is controlled and directed. The
discovery Of Peoria dentist, it was per-
footed three years ago. and now pro-
tected by letters patent both in this
country and Europe, in the expressive
phraseology of scientific men 'sup-
plies Q long-felt want" Three wires
connected with the battery are en-
ployed. Two of these are attached to
metal electrodes or handles, each Of
which are held by the patient, while the
third wire is attached to the forceps.
There is a vibratory spring which opens
and closes the circuit, by means Of
which q smooth, fine current OF cleo
tricity is generated, and Is administered
in quantities sufficient to entirely over
come the pain ordinarily attendant upon
the act Of extraction without, however,
entailing the disagreeable effects pro-
duced by the administering of anses-
thetics. As is we'll known the nerves
that conduct the sensation OF pain to
the brain are nearest the surface, and
the benumb bling effect produced by the
electric current upon the sentient
nerves dissipates the pain, with which
all arc familiar. In short, the current
10 40 much moro rapid than the nerve
action, that the vibrator becomes, for
the time being, the carriage OF the pain.
90 to speak, and carries it of. The pa
tient takes his place in the operating
chair, grasps IN electrode in eac h hand.
tho forceps are charged, and almost be-
fore he is aware Of the situation the Of
Tending molar has been removed. with
out his experiencing the least possible
Inconvenience. At all events such is
the verdict of those who have tried it.
An Office has been established in this
city, says the Chicago News, and,
though open but q fortnight, has be-
come Q haven Of relief. Some rather
ludicrous scenes are daily witnessed
there. The other day o maa with his
face swo lien out of shape from the pain
created by pair of ''stumps," which
repelled all overtures for their removal,
submitted to the vibrator and was al
most Immediately translated from
condition Of mental and physical tor
ture to that OF ecstat1c feli,ity. II
know it will hurt" he said, land that
I'll you like the dickens. But I'm
going to have them out all the same"
When told that tho job was done he
vowed that he was ignorant Of the fact,
and manifested his delight in antics
that partook more of the appearance of
o song and dance man than one who, as
he said, had for days endured all the
aGonies Of victim Of the inquisition.
AS rule, however, patients are
weighed down with anxiety and appre-
hension. and only realize the absence Of
cause therefor when the tooth is drawn.
And in this particular it may be said
men thus afflicted outnumber the oppo-
site sex. While visiting tho rooms re-
Gently q reporter witnessed On old lady
waiting her turn in o state of apparent
mental disquietude difficult to des-
cribe. Finally she was called to
the chair, the current was started.
and in a second the dentist
in charge removed the cause of her dis
tress. She seemed scarcely conscious
of the success he had achieved, and
when shown the tooth declared she felt
but slight twinge, and could hardly
believe the tooth grasped In the forceps
had once belonged to her. These are
instances, taken hap-haxArd, of tho
utility and effectiveness of the new dis
pensation, but others have been re-
marked, for from twenty to thirty q day
Is tho average that are now having
recourse to the instrument as panaoea
for tho choicest i'll which teeth are heir
to.
are said to have been nearly one thou
sand teeth. prongs, stumps and infirm
relics removed by this process in one
week, and that the daily average was
from seventy-hve to one hundred. An
opportunity 10 CeSC 1tS pa1u-Al111uk
power was offered the reporter, but he
declined with thanks, notwithstanding
that no charge would have been made
| for the services rendered.
II the claims made in Its behalf are
borne out by the facts, may it not be
that in the near future parties will be
made up to enjoy the experience of
tooth-drawing without pain?
The Amsnds Honorable.
AFTER thorough investigation,
says the editor of the Bloody Gulch
(Tex.) Ripsnorter, I'VE are satisfied we
lied when we said last week that
Colonel Hankthunder spoke of Conan
che Bill as a low-down old horse-thiet
and train-robber. Colonel Hankthunder,
who has just been in to see US, Is a
bang-up gentleman, and every body
who has the pleasure of his acquaint-
ance knows he would not lower himself