The morning call., 1893-09-25
PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
He Didn't Know When the Tooth
Came Out.

Boston Herald.
docs it hurt very much to have "a
tooth pulled?' inquired a tall man of a
.Tremont-Street dentist.
=. That depends" was the reply. "If the
affected tooth happens to be moIar with
the roots at right angles with each other.
or II it is decayed so as to leave the nerve
uncovered, or if it is worn down even with
the gums, so that it is necessary to dig the
flesh away in order to get good hold with
the forceps. then the chances are that Won
will kick little"
=. Then the tall man trembled from head
to foot, and in 8 shaking voice said
What do you think of that one ?" accom-
panying his words by opening his mouth
10 Its fullest extent and indicating with
his finger the seat of his trouble.
The doctor took up small instrument
- with little round looking-glass at one end.
and, running it into the cavern that
yawned before him, made a careful inspec.
: tIon OF the interior.
-. THAT looks like stubborn old fellow 81
remarked the doctor. as he replaced the
. instrument upon his working table.
:: What would you adviser" timidly in
quired the tall man.
Laughing gas" replied the doctor,
III be obliVious to the pain ?''
ENTIRELY So"
'' The tall man settled himself In the on-
Grating chair and the doctor inserted he
tween the patients teeth an old ebampapna
cork, Then he placed a funnel-shaned
= plece OF rubber over the tall mans mouth
:. and nose and told him to breathe heavily.
= Gradually consciousness gave wav under
-- the 'ln1uence or the gas, but not until the
. man TO be operated upon had suffered the
sensation of being smothered under an old
fashioned feather pillow.
fQll
He first magined that he was on his wav
to the Worlds FAIR, and when the train
was on a down grade and going sixtv
miles an hour the wheels left the track,
The a1r-brakes broke. and the cars rushed
along at terrible speed. It was with the
greatest difficulty that the dreamer kept in
his berth. Tremendous jolting was caused
by the wheels running over the ties. The
suspense was something awful the
wreck of the train was inevitable The car
was filled with the shrieks of the terrified
passengers, mingled with the crash of
.. glass and the rattle of the train. Sud-
denly there was deafening report and a
% tremendous cOncussion, and the cars an
peared to crumble away. The tall man
found himself In total darkness, but
cred streak of lurid flame through
the wreckage, which told him that
he would be roasted alive if immediate
succor did not reach him. He could hear
VOICES uIIeCIly ONbI UIID, UuE 90 as ne would
not sound could he utter. The flames
were making rapid progress toward the
place where he was confined. and their
hot breath were beginning 10 SINCE his
.Wniskers. Then came the crash of an
ak directly over his head. The first blow
struck him squarely in the back of the
neck, and he felt that his time had surely
come. The next one cut off his left ear.
and the third opened up space n his
Uranium the size Of saucer The fire had
now crept up to his feet, and the left one
was slowly roasting, when another blow
from the ak. greater than all the rest,
. knocked his head clean from his body.
. He experienced a singular buzzing in his
. ear; there was a gleam of light in the
distance. and with bound be returned to
consciousness.
The doctor was standing over him.
holding a double tooth in his forceps.
That was an old staRer, and no mis-
take. How he did hang! It took all nv
strength to dislodge him." and the doctor
Wiped his dripping forehead with his
handkerchief.
'."Where IA am l?" were the first words
of the tall man.
=: "W "Why. right here in my Office" re-
sponded the doctor. You would have
= had a tough time if you hadn't taken the
gas"
"Well, if it had been rougher than it
actually was l would now be corpse"
and the tall man paid the 81 so and went
out into the street feeling as if he had been
wa king in treadmiIl for q week