The sun., 1890-12-07

nead, uprtght for long time 70 prevent hts
.Ss s.a sssn oSs.r 70 s sssn Tas
: long time IN passing away. There would
SSsn n smSe s wsuus e s % oT as
had 1t been necessary. He made no demo strs-
ton, and came back to renson as calmly as
He hal no sooner lelt the chair than . lady
OF middle ace with friend entered She had
Ssn tSat Sa .ss StS ss5p soSsS She and
dentists ,eIsminatlen. Ten isoti several Of
come out. The Doctor promised her that s6o
snH9lq v h, nave nj pain bnt evidently she DIG not
n sne nn Wns sonn ns
steadily through the black tube She was al.
lowed to take the gas beyond the polnt. OF ilrst
sensibility before the dentist begnn his work.
,h when the tub, was withdrawn. tho rapIdlty
II wnH as tech ,o ssw 9 Ell ms
teeth were out almost at the same. instant that
with The same instrnment Then. SSisk as a
lash. that was discarded md another, which
she Ths IL him m.ds "s used s%uns
and before those looking on could realize that
t" dnvn oPsraoIn 'san, Was eyer tho D9eor stepped
SShSrevSF they bad hanpesed 10 leii uPon she
shSt hs wsre sune shs shs
have, that tho operation had not begun, that
was ,uniimIiei when she ,eaissd that E he iiRs
drended exroricnce was passed.
Doctor n's asked %ss %Sse sH passn s, hid 5
sent on her way rejoicing.
.urpsas s'n sseCns the ssn S.sn and
yyell the moment. you look in their mouths:
bssy bssyn usHsy ~ fry yOu Tss
often nal lot OF fuss. Yes We have to re-
sorl . AZ sorts Of eApedients in dealing with
With Or eSea yea are nels trSts SSa
Still others, yPn can bring 10 tho point OF sub.
msn mssSn ns Sny No%.s ny Sqf1sS bayo ssF Sa
them, Well you might as well get out OF the
tooth AMI haven't any mos ti4o In osSe 70 eiHe i've
you;' Jhat usually fetches them Thoy loan
sh ibas eudHs ,bSYs after have
A man came. in who confessed at once that he
the dentist w"ud guarantees % to sie his shSW soo,R
In ne; nj sirsId Of the gas" he said. " bu. I
Tho deutist assured him that he would do so.
See here, said he suddenly. looking out OF
iossh Sss sSots IS long can see tSas %' os
leaned pack in the chair with one arm upraised M
ss sfn AZ tex Ss ssa sss e. %
hand steadily pointed at the sign. Then the
fingers 2. began 70 droop and gradually the arm
began to regain conse ousness. The Instant H n
ssN ne was na nPser ms AGAIN his arm pointed at the
Hold on: not yet! ! can soc the sign"
as soon as de had recovered from his surprise
place to a little girl about eight years old, who
game bravely in With her father. She made no
dentist brestse neo TN sube be-
tooth VII blow right out Into the tube A very
tooth came out with more difficulty than any
Of the others which have been referred to. and
:" Children almost always cry as thsy come
out from the influence OF the gas" aald the
dentist It was no exception in this case. The
awake, and she was Jed out smiling. 100 '1A'
the Doesof yesT eeye sestsr,
woman with three or four bad teeth came In
the previous day but che could not set up
convincing her that the Operation under gas
my gold repeater and Showed i 70 her Gps s
# n,ss nS sSodnas s aq HI n0f sn
phases OF tho moon. | showed her that on
not TinapSs for 81 Sn ooS Finsy fioal
.d .dsS sH5 nf Hr ,hst ibs I
nain would give her the watch. That finally
Won @ her confidence; and she got into the chair
I she SAID RS sae Sss 10 soiee
pl 6sd tse and told
How ms many t teeth ee SesSn esn you take out under
ono administration OF the gas !" was asked,
once ts,s sxsrssted + she whole double set Of
very Ss iDaeod w. Hs AK .etaa ons ~
before psssn bses e r.
produce insensibility Of longer duration With
tho nitrous oxide which We mako ourselves
Which is Usually sold f to densasp SheS
is allowed TO escape from . tank into a
why the simple compression Of the een gas should d
seems 3 to; Compres.ed gas does very we'll for
not produce an effect lasting enough ior the
painless removal Of more than that We tried
makes the gas for US was SICK, ana We detscted
Yes. anesthesia Is wonderful thing. AsI
'ts operation in thousands OF GASES o. have
and nd not @ have y forced uRon him the conviction
and then the gradual return OF that intangible
spiritual being to it's habitatiou, Is q spectacle
full OF awe. no mPtter how familiar It is"
The wonderful agent that nccomplishes the
rapid TRANSFORMATION from reason to insensi-
bility is worth studying, Nitrous oxide gas
common air The only difference is that those
e!ements are mixed in another proportion
Tho air contains four parts nitrogen and one
part oxygen; nitrous oxide Is half oxygen and
v Spon tue human sy stem is very dlreren, from
that Of ether or ehiorolorm. The gas stim ulates
the circulation aud nerves until tue latter lose
sensiblity. Ether and ohloroiorm depress
the vitality. Few people realize that the whole
history OF anRsthesis dates back less than half
. century. Ten years ago there was u great
controversy In tho medical journals over the
question asto whom the honor OF tho discovery
was due It was only three years ago that tho
story Of the discovery was told which is now
accented a. true by tho leading physicians OF
New York. The use OF nitrous oxide gas as an
Rnasthetic antedates that OF ether and choro-
form. The Ras was used for public entertain
nent IN New York as long ago ns 1912 BY Dr.
@. 2. Cotton. but ITS later use was not then dis
covered. DR.. Cotton went about the country
giving exhibitions OF the effects Of laughing
gas" Is 1t was oalled. He thus describes tho
nrst operation with It as an anRsthetic
:" On the evening Of the 10th OF December.
laughing gas In the city Of Hartford. Conn.
by the name Of Cooley, who. while under Its
a.x L., .NS- -rl H.