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Show TOOTH DRAWING. - Its Horror Ameliorated Somewhat by the Use of Electricity. It you like you can now have a tooth pulled painlessly and without gas by electricity. Instantaneous? Why, of course; but tho point is that there Is no pain. You need not bother with nitrous-oxide gas, which is very din-tressing din-tressing in its effects upon some people, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. The up-to-date dentist Iuib a very simple apparatus, which consists most importantly of a battery not much bigger big-ger than a cigar box. The person in tin dentist's chair grasps two handk-h which are connected with the battery by wircn. At tho same time the opera tor scizen his forceps, which likewise nro on tho end of a wire proceeding from the hnltery. He touches the tooth, completing the circuit, and instantly a local pnncHthesla is produced. The tooth and ne'ghboring gum are rendered ren-dered for the moment Insciisible to pain, nnd out comes tho offending molnr or incisor with u dcxtcrcuit twist. Before the patient has had t!mc to realize what hns hapr.cncd ho is gleefully paying the fee. |