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

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h'I am sorry to disappoint you ! said Doctor Anderson. nBut, you know, we make no artificial teeth now. Since dentistry has developed into such a science we find it no? necessary for our patients to lose their teeth? HWell, you surely have an extracting room W said Doc- tor Benson, somewhat in dismay. hNo, replied Doctor Anderson, there is no permanent extracting any more. A patient never comes to the ofhce or clinic, except for examination. After the number of .teeth which need attention have been determined the patient returns home, and you send your assistant, with an elec- trical appliance, To extract such teeth as need attention. No pain is feltono inconvenience of sitting in an uncom- fortable chair for half a day at a time 2 The teeth are eleci trically prepared for filling. Nothing but porcelain is used. v-- o Mijl-Fffy-Nrnhi' u: KhJ Unsightly gold is unheard of, and brokcn-backed dentists are a thing of the past, while, with the present manner of tooth filling, the fillings are seldom lost, as was the case formerly, and largely because of the inaccessibility. After the teeth are filled, polished and sterilized your attendant returns to the home of your patient, implants the missing bits of ivory, and you have not suffered and struggled with a distractingly nervous. woman for three or four hours. Just then the deafening sound of my alarm clock, with its unremorseful ringing, which would not cease until 1 had aryscn and turned it off, awoke me from a sound slumber. and, gazing around at the familiar objects Of the room, I took a solmen vow that never again would I eat Welsh rarebit at midnight. IAMES E. E. MORRISON, D. D. S. A Jam Av JIVI-Nh K r! , ffvatrAvA-Ixa- ,hzd x J ,,.z' ,ZVM

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to Paris this morning to attend the aerial races, I thought I would sail over for the day? llIf you will join me in my room, we can set sail from my window for the college I have several pairs of wings, and can readily supply you. The two men stepped on the moving stair, and in a moment were in the sliding hallway on the fortieth hoor, being carried to the doctor's roomt where the electric door opened at their advance. nThis; cool, fresh breeze of the room is refreshing, said Doctor Anderson dlSince the new system of ventilation, with all windows closed, is perfected, we suffer no more from sleepless nights. You will noticeover there in the corner the graphophone, giving the latest stock quotations from Wall street, and, incidentally, I might say that such a thing as a corner on the market is now unknown. The mechanical pen you see writing on the wall is giving wireless messages from all parts of the world. Hello, there is one from the North Pole! You, of course, know the pole furnishes the diamond supply of the world now 'tYou see that cabinet in the other corner? It will pro- duce the acts of any theater in the world by simply pushing the button attached to the name of the playhouse desired. The cabinet not only produces the sound, but, by looking into it, one can see the stage picture at any point in the play. Another convenience is this filtered and electrically heated water. No more muddy Ohio River water for the Queen City! And these dumb waiters, with their separate buttons for anything one can wish, are a great improve- ment over the bellboys, who were eternally bothering one. llWell, now, if you are ready, Doctor Benson, said Doctor Anderson, as he looked at the former gentleman, who stood as one in a dream, Hwe will set sail from this window. You will notice many changes since you went to college in the old quarters. We now have beautiful grounds up On the hill, with electric fountains, and cool, shady walks under spreading trees, and, best of all, the modern building. HSince transportation has become so simplified the smaller colleges have combined with ours, and now we are daily drawing students from Cleveland and New Orleans. 'lDormitories are unknown, for the student returns to his home each evening in less time than he could have reached Cumminsville formerly. ltYes; we are just in time to see the students arriving from the South. There is an aerial car from Florida, full of would-be dentists, while those living- at Dayton and In- dianapolis usually fly over on their individual wings.H HHow beautiful I exclaimed Doctor Benson, in an ece stacy of pleasure. ltBut, wait until you see the interior Vt cried Doctor An- dersony as. they glided through the opening doors into the Spacious marble halls, where, as in all modern buildings, the Hoor moves with its human freight, and the stairs; slide up and dOwn noiselessly. Let us hrst visit one of the lecture halls,H said Doctor Anderson, as a great door opened before them, and they saw a large room full of attentive students gazing at a screen, on which a moving panorama depicted a hospital operating room, and an Operation in progress for cleft pal- ate, white from a graphophone a voice explained each step of the operation. :lAll is as; real as the operation itself ! exclaimed Doctor Benson. But I would like to see the laboratory7 where the art of tooth making was such a bugbear to me while in college. wwe

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