The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-04-11
ANCIENT TREATMENTS ron
TEETH.

much worse than the disease itself,
The prescription OF Hippocrates for
tables with bad teeth Is very inter-
ssting. as follows.
When a woman's mouth smells
aud her gums are black ana w
healthy. one burns. separately me
head OF hare tranolt ana shsss
mice. after having taken out the IN
eestines OF two OF them tnot. how
ever. the liver or the ktdneyal. one
pounds. In a stone mortar. some
marble or white stone. and passes
Il through a sieve. one then nike.
eauai parts % these ingredients and
With this mixture one rubs the teeth
and the interior OF the mouth AFTER
ward one rubs them again with
greasy wool and one washes the
mouth with water. one roaks the
dirty wool In honey ana with u one
rubs the teeth and the gums insid.
and outside. one pounds OIL ana
snise-seeds. two oboles % myrrn.
half a cotyls OF pure white vine
one then rinsea the mouth with ".
holding 10 in the mouth Tor some
time: this liz 20 be done rrequentty,
and the mouth TO be rinscd with the
said preparation fasting and after
each meal The medscament de.
scrihed above cleans the teeth ana
gives them a sweet smell ~
Known under the name OK indian
hlppocrates eontsnded that cold
was me enemy OF the bones. the
teeth. the nerves. tho brain and the
'' Ars.,atIs lived from sss 20 s.s p.
c lie contributed largely 20 the
study OF anatomy and AL branches
OF human knowledge ~ MS co,npn-
atoms. as he IL considered the foun-
der OF natural history and compare :
tive Anatomy He describes pair
OF dental forceps under the name o.
-odontagra.~ and proceeds 70 explain
that a tooth should be ioossned Win
the odontagra and removed Win the
salus Cornelius CELSIUS lived and
~rrofe about the time of Christ. lie
gathered his knowfsdEe iarEey
from the Greeks He probably was
econ. hut a student who complied
me writings Of other men. go.
After CELSIUS came Calus Pltnus
Seindus. He was born y =. -. ana
wrote during the ,,, asy lie % and s' served
in many important positions be
was governor Of spain under Zero.
ard commander OF the Roman fieet
at Misenum when the eruption 90
vesuvius destroyed Pompeii His
desire 10 Investigate the phenome-
non took him 10 Stabia- where ne
was suffocated BY the asnes ana
smoke erupted BY Nesnvlns, ~
trough a hard worker. no found
medicine and surgery
ms REMEDY ron TooTUtcHE.
Piinus tells his people 10 touch a
diseased tooth with the tooth OF a
hyena or scratch the gums with the
tooth OF a hippopotamnH which has
been taken from the left side OF the
law The ashes OF n stays horn
rubbed over loose. aching teeth
makes them tight and soothes the
pain" and many fIthy remedles
Advocated by these ancients which !
Ssre not mention convinces me that
the most highly educated men u
that time were not as enlightened
aa the American Indians OF today
upon the subject OF medicine.
MODERN TEETH EXTRACTION.
The discovery Of general anaethe-
sia by choioform. ether and nitrous
oxide gas marked the beginning OF
exfracting teeth without pain. Forty
Years ago painless extraction with 2
out general anaesthesia was SCORED
at. but the science OF chemistry sup
piled the want, and today the tooth
can be removed in ninety-nine cases
out OF a hundred without pain BY
carefully and thoroughly anaesthe
Using the tissues In the area of the
operation and particularly the mem .
brane surrounding the tooth root
All dentists who adopted this mod
ern method Of local anaesthesia were
laughed at and called quacks forty
years ago. but today only the dent
ist who does not understand the
principle in detail calls the painless
extractor a quack: yet II - fact.
nevertheless. that teeth can be ex-
tracted without pain, and the dentist
in understanding and behind the