TEETH

For the benefit of persons fearing tooth-extraction, I give the following. A relative, of rare courage, had suffered tortures from operations at the hands of several skilful dentists, both with and without the administration of gas, so that her regular dentist kindly requested her never to call upon him again for service, as the teeth were locked, and she was liable to breakage of the jaw in the attempt to remove them. Naturally, great fear ensued when the old roots began to ulcerate and other teeth showed symptoms of decay. She saw before her no way out of the difficulty but extraction of the teeth, for filling was out of the question. I had once passed through an ordeal with her, never to be forgotten; but after studying Christian Science, I offered to accompany her to E. N. Harris, C.S.B., D. D. S., to see what could be done for her relief. She requested him to take care of the tooth in question, but let its roots alone. While he was preparing to extract it, as she supposed, he called her attention to the ulcerated roots as they lay on the slab before her. She could scarcely believe it, at first. The fear was gone, so that the rest of the process appeared as nothing. Such operations had been accompanied so many times with great pain, that when her husband saw her come home as bright and cheerful as ever, ready to eat her supper and not to feed on pap, he danced with delight, that there had dawned upon the age such a blessed ministry of Truth, as Christian Science. M. W. M.