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

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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

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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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BUMBELSI-IAUFERSTEIN, THE DENTIST. CAS TOLD BY HIMSELFH. I VILL oxpose mine thinking a few minutes so dot I a conversationing can take. De quextion dot revolfes idself in der hed dot a new demonstrationer vos skuiliciend bei der Collich, Should it dot dey vill hafe him can not de quextion answered maybe vos. I don't know vot de solution of id vill vos. Maybe ve vill vait und vatch. Yes? I yust hadt a conversationings mit mine oldt friendt und collich chump, Dr. H. A. Do vas a successful docior von must hafe batience, batients. Der reason dot I say batience, batients dwice iss pecause you mnsd have batients und also batience, yet. Now, do made dot berfectly blain oxblicid, I vill oxblain der vyfore dot vey are not alike von anodder Ven dey are, are dey? Do been der doctor you musd hafe batients und still you musd hafe batience. Some batients you ged und odder batience you niusd hafe do ged der batients. ' Some batients hafe not ba- SChH1itd, Hrld 116 SGYS Cl0f he - , tience, so how can ve oxbect vill sawed aboud id. I offered eg Xf., . do been batient mit der ba- such suggestionationings vot tients? vonld been do some disadvan- fc 1, xl My vife's name iss Ba- tage if he could use id, bud he , Q , tience. She hen-becks n1e. tanked me enibarrassings und 4' D I am a successful doctor. I says dot he vould ask, Yes, X hafe enough of Batience. I after awhile, maybe xy In ' hobe dot I hafe berfectly made Dot shows vot grate friendts V f dot blain. Yes ? ve are side bei von anodder. Y . - -421, - A xii g De odder day I hadt a ba- De dwo of us both are vone. E x W it tient und vos making crowns Den he oxcused rnine bres- N K l 5- ,, it for a king, und Ven I ence avay from him und he lx -P- ' .l ' M Z pud dem on he vos aching. vent do look bie a batients. '4 'I' - '- F- ' Den he ask me for a drink IOS '