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HISTORY OF DENTAL SURGERY 243
"8t.h. The cost is about ono-tliird that of any other chair having equal ca-
pabilities.
"Connected with tlie chair are certain appurtenances which remain to be
noticed. To the anterior extremity of the right arm is to be aifixed a movable
table, of about a foot in circumference, capable of being turned in any direc-
tion. * * * rpQ ^])g Iq(^ g^Ym is to be affi.xed a powerful mirror, also cap-
able of being moved in any direction. * * * In all operations requiring a
candle, as in using the actual cautery and metallic cement, it is usual for tlie
patient to hold it in his left hand. * * * Where a light is necessary it
is much better to have a lamp, or thick wax light, placed in a branch, the
opposite end of which is attached to the left-hand side of the back of the oper-
ating chair. This branch should have a sufficient innnber of joints, that the
lights may be placed in any situation, in the front of the mouth, which the
operator may require."
