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

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I. A sweet little baby brother Had come to live with Flo, And she' wanted it brought to That it rniffht eat and grow. A Prize Poem. II. It must wait for a while said grandma In answer to her 'pleag the table, '4 For a little thing that hasn't teeth Can't eat like you and me. llI. Why, hasn't it got teeth, grandma? Asked Flo in great surprise g Oh, my, but isn't it funny? No teeth, but nose and eyes 23 IV. V. 4' I guess, after thinking gravely, That afternoon to a corner, They must have been forgot g With paper and pen and ink Can't they buy him some like grandpa's? Went Flo, saying, Don't talk to me, I'd like to know why not. If you do you'll 'sturb my think. VI. VII. VIII I'm writing a letter, grandma, At last the letter was finished, Said little Flo to her grandma To send away tonight, A wonderful thing to see, To see if it's right you know An' 'cause it's very 'portant, And directed to God in heaven And here is the letter written I want to get it right. Please read it over to me. To God, by little Flo. IX. Dear God 1 The baby you brought us That's why I'm writing this letter, Is awful nice and sweet, A purpose to let you know g But, 'cause you forgot his toofies Please come and nnish the baby, The poor little thing can't eat. That's all. From little Flo. Unknown. IIO

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uud I gife him a beucil und baper und Iedt him draw a bucket of watter. He den asked me, If a tooth is ready to crown vy is a 1amppost? I redurned der rebly dot if streed cars run ub und down Vine Street dot dou'd hinder me, does it P I-Ie commenced do oxblode hot air do der effect dot I had better vatch a leedle oud ore he vould vistle me voue on der face. I dolt him aboud a bridge and he seys dot axium, Douid come do a bridge before you can'd cross id ore you mite step in der holes in der votter. I tauked him excusiflly for der axium und he made his departure by wenting avay. A. I. HIBSCHMAN. Q QD C-3055 2: 'QP' sa If -lg' WMV 7 IOQ

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ffsgi-'ggws re f- 1- far far Us ways of Eentists Q.. 1 I GQ E29 - 1 'HQJW OLD your head well back. Open the mouth a little wider and keep the tongue down. Now, tell me when it hurtsf' and the dentist thrusts a crowbar into an aching, sensitive molar. The bar threatens to come out at the top of the head and you yell Not a weak little protest, but a great wide open, full lunged yell that has all your heart in its execution. The dentist chuckles with evident amusement as you climb back in the chair, and he asks: Did it hurt ? After such an experience don't be too harsh in your self criticism. Be slow to make the decision that the yell came because of a lack of grit, even if the dentist did volunteer the infor- mation that his last patient stood it like a major. Dentists are a somewhat peculiar lot, and they draw some rather rough comparisons sometimes. But when it's all over and they are caught in a confidential mood, they will say that teeth differ just as widely as do indi- viduals. The dentist will explain that one set of teeth may be so constituted that the drilling, pounding and chipping donit get to the nerves so disastrously, while in another person the first touch of steel on the dentine causes excruciating agony. ' , Ability to bear physical agony, of other varieties, and without complaint, does not apply when the work of the dentist comes in for its consideration. There is an III atmosphere that is peculiar to the operating room of the dentist. The little swing table, with its alcohol lamp, and numerous shining and minute instruments of torture exert a certain fascination, when the patient is once in the big pneumatic cushioned chair, but with the foot power lathe they also succeed in throwing about the dentist's workshop an environment that is instrumental in the ruining of more than one good tooth from neglect. The very smell of the dentist's acids and potions is suffi- cient in some cases to create nausea, and rather than brave the revolting atmosphere that imagination builds about the domicile of the dentist, for persons with sensi- tive teeth, they allow teeth to pass from bad to worse, until extraction becomes a necessity. Most of the dentists ind plenty of human targets for the drill and forceps. The profession is an interesting one, and the average dentist is likewise a student of human nature and a philosopher. The dentist can usually make a pretty diagnosis of a patient's character, after he has dug into the dentine of a tooth and approached to a point not very far removed from the nerve. Let him work for a few hours with the implements necessary to the filling process, and he can give a pretty accurate history of the past and forecast of the future of his subject. Some of them will maintain a steady shield.