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93 HISTORY 0¥ DENTAL SURGERY —

The dociiment is ornamented in one corner by formidable and antiquated
instruments, wliile in tlie other are to be seen tooth-brushes quite ot the
modern pattern. It has been preserved by a descendant of one who, as may

JOSIAH FLAGG,

Surgeon Dentift.

Informs tTic ^ihlic. (Kit he pr.K^ifci in all tlic branches, wiih improvements, f:, c] Tplf-
planfs both iivcanJ ^kad 'Icc'h with greater cunvcniciicy. anJ j^ivts Icfs pain tU.m heretofore
prafftifcii in Europcor Am'^nca — Scwi up H-irc Lips ;„-^C^cs Ulcers ;— K\ir.ias Teeth and
;
i^imm-. xii*T\7miwtttTC«e';— Kclnltafcs 1 ecth anj Gums, that are much clcprcci.itcd by nature,
cirtlclTnctj, fl*''^s. or cbrrodinjj mcJicinc ;-— KaOcns thofc Tccth'tii;it arc h'ofc ; i unlcfs raft-
ed .Tt the roots\rejiuidtc5 Tccih fmm their firft curtint; to prevent fcavcrs anil pam in Chil-
dren ;— AHids n.iturc m tlic cxK:nJioii of* the }.\\\ s, tor the bcautitu) arrangement of the feconJ
Setr. ami prefervcs rhcm in rheir n?tut.il vvhiicncis entirely ^rtx* ttom all fcorbulic comphiints
anil xvhcn thus put ii^ order, and hi5 dnxttions followed, (which arc limple) he engages ti.at
the further c.i,fc,qf a DeAu^l w41 be wholly unncccrt'.iry ;"-*Rafc5 pain in 'I'ceth without draw-
ing I— Stops blccilinp; in the fiums, j.ius or arterici ;— Ltm-^and plumbs 'Vecth witli virt^in
GoLU, I-'nit., or l.i: Ap — -Tixcs GolJ Roofs .inj IW.avs, and artihci.il Teeth of any qua! it v.
;
without uqury t*# and indcpciuletit of the n.ugi tl on.- ^ic.ii'y .iinUni;: the pianunci.ttiDn and
,
tlic fwallow;, whciMniurcd hy natural, or olhcr dcfctt';. —A ioom for the practice with
every accoinonatlon at his houle, whcrg may l« ha I Dq{iiti/icc<> Tincliucs, Teeth and Gum
Urulhcs. Maftics. Sec. warranted appro\tdand adapted to the varuus .ifjcs and cirttunrtan-
ccs :—Alio Cbcw-iticks, particn'ailv ulctul in clean ling the fore Tcctii .ukI prcfervinga natural,
and bcnuiifui whitcnrfs ; which McuicirL- and Chew -Hicks are to be fold wholefalc and le-
tail, that they may he more cxtcnhvclv ufefidl.
•»• Dr. I'l.AiiG, hi*; a method to furndh thofc Ladicsand Genthmcn, or Children witli
artificial Tccih, Gold Gurof, Roof's, or Palates, that arc at adift.incc and canno: altriid him
pcifonally.
e^ CASH Given
Jot Handjamc and Healthy Live Teltit,
. It No. 47, Neu bury-Strcct, BOSTON. ( 1 796. >
be seen in tlie back, purcbased a brusb and tincture from Josiab Flagg in
tbe year 1800.
Tliis advertisement indicates that gold for filling teeth was used in this
country almost from tbe boi:^innintr of dentistry here.