The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-05


the shop kind and we have no bargain
i counters.
One Of the greatest foes to conscen
'tiousness, as ] conceive it. is lazincss
Weakness Of flesh and laggardlineSs o.
spirit sometimes tempt IT'S to slight ON
work and we do not trace out LESSONS t.
their full extent that we may climinat,
lcvery element of weakness hoping thai
lit may do well somehow. But they vii
by and by return to veN us since W.
cannot aS is sometimes said of the other
doctors. bury our failures. Deal hon
testify with yourself and the patient will
reap the benefit Of your honest dealing
lalso. Would it be insulting To hint that
sometimes the temptation comes to ad.
wise removal of teeth thar might be
IServiceahle because forSoOth il would be
IcaSier TO make the restoration with the
'Shop-made article and as Il sop to, your
conscience you will say. Well it will cost
fine patient less. Again. YOU would allow
yourself to float with the craze and find
yourself if you do ever come to yourself
lrrostituting the profession in descending
to the glare and glitter of the tooth
jcweler. Your crowns highly polished
rejecting from the front Of the mouth
Il taste decidedly unpublished because for
soOth as YOU whisper to Your conscience
they would have them, and if | don t
make them the other fellow will \
properly cultivated cOnsclentiouSnesS
will prevent such prostitution of art for
the sake of the money that is. in if, or
for the saving of time or to cover up
our. inability to do better work.
| Conscientiousness would certainly de-
mand that we speak the truth if not the
/ whole truth. and we will not lie to chill
dren about an extraction or other opera
ton not hurting. We want to win their
confidence by acting with all kindness
; and patience, promising them that you
will hurt as little as possible and telling
them that you expect them to help you
make success of the work
! Conscentiousnes would impel you to
not charge every time III accordance
with the eXertion put forth if You find
there will not much benefit accrue from
the operation. 1t will touch your elbow
and make You hesitate and desist
when about to pull ont the other fellow $
filings that have done yeoman service
for thirty years to substitute your own
upon the plea that the margins look
discolored, filling soft. etc. You should
have one built out like this. Conscien-
tionsness will help us to remove the
beam from our own eye and to quite
overlook the mote in our brothers eye
At the same time it will give us the
frmness to warn our patients against
charlatanism and to inform them if they
have been their unsuspecting victims.
ConscientiousneSs. .fair-mindedness, will
teach us the dishonesty of charging
more than Il reasonable fee because we
can get it. tho the salve may he offered
that we will give some other person the
benefit OF it. 1t will remind us to favor
real merit with concessions in fees. even
unsought. where pecuniary circumstances
are limited and will make us do ii with
deicacy and not us throwing a crust
down from our higher position.
1t will give you the manhood to ac-
knowledge your inability to perform a
certain special operation or to advise
Il course different from what Your judg-
ment dictates without first explaining to
Your patient and referring him to one
capable of meeting the demands of the
case.
1t will say, many times. stay thy hands,
when about to insert gold i'll the teeth
of the very young where enamel fusion
has not been thoroughly accomplished:
urged though you may be by parent child
or guardian, you will not regard add-
tional enhancement of fee as weighing
with best Judgment in such matters
even though they may HE them right out
of your shop to the other fellow who
always gives EN- what they want. You
will not allow on account Of additional
yeNatious delay and trouble an assessed
tooth to remain untreated while inserting
Il crown because the patient has not
complained or at most has only said that
sometimes there is Il little gum-boil
there. but it does not give me any special
trouble. 1t comes up in IA day, breaks,
discharges and then disappears.
Conscientousness on your part will
overcome that tendency to criticiSe il
brother practitioner by innuendo, or it
may be only the superclious lifting OF
the eyebrow: by removing and replac-
ing his work, etc. We owe orr best ser
vice and then the world tour patients)
will owe us living and they will pay the
debt Let each operation. however sim
pie, receive our best Thought and care
and we will by and by lift ourselves
above the fear of competition. Let our
OWn keen sense of right and Justice
dictate rather than what our competitor
would charge and how well, rather than
how much be our motto. Don't be so
dominated by the fear that you will be
considered laundering and slow if you
are little painstaking. Don'tb he afraid
to acknowledge failure in an operation
and hope that rocky filing will stay in
If it would be too much to ex-
pect or too eXhausting to renew at once
make an early convenient appointment,
profit by your former failure and give
the patient the benefit of your highest
and most artistic skill. Make Il careful
record of all your operations. You owe
it to to yourself and to your patient. Oft
times Il patient comes for you to replace.
as he says, one Of your filings put in
some time back Bring forward your
record and right before the patient eX-
anime whether you are chargeable with
the failure. Personally have saved
much by this course.
| wish here to endorse and emphasize
our worthy presidents remarks in his
very thoughtful address concerning the
ha bits of the dentist They