Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-22
Daily kcnnebec Journal.
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
DENTIST AND PATIENT.
Human Nature Revealed When the
Drill Is WhirIed.
eloquence Inspired by The Dentists Art
Women the Worst.


a wisdom tooth, lis that the patients
all seem to think that your main idea
is TO injure their feelings as much as
possible. and that the work on the
tooth itself is entirely secondary. All,
Hurt YOU"
The victim had half risen from the
chair, with a repressed Shrek OF
agony. but Immediately sank back. eX-
planning that he had only done it t.
exercise his lungs.
II suspected | was getting rather
near the nerve there" remarked the
operator. with the gratified air of one
whose theory has been satisfactorily
demonstrated. "As l was saying-alI
right, I'll go easy-dentistry is the
most unpopular profession with the
public that exists. unless possibly dog
catching beats il. The doctor who
heals your other diseases is hailed as /
friend of humanity. but the man who
holsters up your failing dental system
is remembered only with the profound
hope that he'll never be met with
again. Do you see a grateful public
come smiling happily into the dentist 5
parlor to be looked over? Well.
guess not. When the public arrives
here it is pretty generally hanging on
to its jaw with both hands and wish
ing it was dead. All it wants is to be
rid Of that tooth forever. but as soon
as it sees the forceps it changes it's
mind and invcnts Immediate and hith-
crtu forgotten appointments. Excuse
me. If Ia known YOU We're going TO
kick then Id have moved that bracket
Hope YOU didn't hurt your chin"
He removed his infinitesimal buzz
saw from the distorted mouth and
waited while the victim had gulped and
gasped himself back 10 a condition of
sclf-contrOl. Then he picked out
another triumph of inquisitorial inven-
ton and went on still hunt for more
nerve centres.
ION the whole. l think that the
women are the worst. Not that they
don't stand the pain as well. for they
stand it better and they have a great
deal more courage in facing the music.
Little wider. please. Yes, they stand it
better. but they are more unreasonable
ana they take it all at heart and lay it
UP against YOU Jaw hurt? I'll look
out ana see that it doesn't stretch far
enough To get dslocatcd. | used to
nave one patient who kept tabs on
everything | did, ana told me her views
on it explicitly whenever she got 4
chance to talk She'd say:
Now. | just know that you went
further than there was any need of in
that upper right molar. And YOU
needn't have used that fine probe on
the lower tooth. 1t hurt drcadfully.
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