Ohio College of Dental Surgery - Alethian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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e ap ,ef Dental 0ffice andit va ta es. i . c THIS office has been arranged for special comfort and convenience, and, on arrival, each patient will be asked how they like the situation, and if they say the oHice ought to have been nearer the Post Office, the location will be immediately changed. You are particularly requested not to use the door mat, as we wish to accumulate soil inside. Wlieii you have an engagement with the dentist, always be on hand at least half an hour ahead of time, and, upon entering the office, totally ignore the office girl Cif there be oneb and make your way to the dentist as soon as possible. If he is working at the chair, you may enter imme- diately upon any topic of conversation you wish, and just to show that there is no ill-feeling, step around in front of the operator and patient, that you may observe every detail of the operation. This will prove that you are on intimate terms with the dentist, and, to further avoid any show of formality, call the dentist 'Docf Recall all the cases of blood poisoning and lockjaw of which you ever heard Qand of some you never heardb which were the direct results of dental operations. This will help the patient to bear up. VVhen your turn comes, begin by telling the dentist -1 106 how sensitive your teeth are, and then, while he works, keep up a continual groaning. This will lead him to think that you are being hurt and he will, in consequence, do less excavating-perhaps. Always keep one hand resting on the arm of the opera- tor, that you may be able to immediately stop him in case he should ' hit the nerve., During the short intervals of time when the dentist is not working on your teeth, recount all the strange phe- nomena regarding your ancestors' teeth, he is sure to be surprised at hearing that your grandfather had 'a double row all aroundf If the dentist is temporarily absent, sit on the desk, pick your teeth with the gold pen and read the letters- more may be found in the right hand drawer. If you see any spittoons, please expectorate on the carpet, as the former are only for ornament. Children will be welcomed Cwith deliglitb and are requested to bring hoop sticks and hockeys to bang the carved furniture, especially provided for that purpose, and peg tops to spin on the velvet carpet. They will be allowed to make themselves as disagreeable as the fondest mother can desire. The dentist will always be happy to hear that some other office is 'the best place to get teeth filled.'

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Here is a list of books and instruments with which you will please provide yourself, and report in the morning, at which time come to me and I will assign your locker. Have you a room PM No, sir, replied Tom, still feeling as though he was an object on which two powerful searchliglits had been leveled. Gunther, have you a roommate as yet P inquired Dr. Way of the young man who had so kindly ushered our young hero before his almighty presence. x . No, sirf' Will you take Steele for your bed-fellow P Yes, sir, will be glad to, for I am getting pretty lone- some. Thus it was that Torn Steel was installed in the great Ohio College of Dental Surgery. A More may be learned of him, his first impressions, struggles, failures and successes in the Alethian of 1904. JAMES E. E. MORRISON. ,Y .1 105

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Never pay a dentist cash. Wait at least a year and see if the work tstays ing' if it does, well and good, but if it does not, go to some other dentist and work the saine game, and so on aa' Z.7VZ7ZZ'fZU7Z. Should your dentist have the audacity to send you a bill, quit hini at once. Patients ordering plates should insist on having small, white teeth, as a great inany dentists try to harmonize the color of the teeth with the hair, eyes and complexion and lose sight of the fact that your own teeth were small and white. 4' If, after wearing a plate three days you can not eat corn from the cob, return it To test a plate crack hickory 11uts with it. Special attention given to patients who can give infor- mation as to ' how things are done in C Yewrupf And to the end that you do not get huinbugged, read this over before consulting a dentist, H. E. D. yu f Q XG 2' 1 Z 4' v 4 ' 5 '3 W N X 1 A A 5 - E iw XXX Z N W::qyf'iil'. V HQ.. IO7