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HISTORY OF DENTAL SURGERY 13'
of tlie tooth with a t^liarp cutting instrument, such removal causing no pain
whatever, the remains are as sound as a liealthy perfect tootli." He declares
loose teeth may ho tiglitened hy a decoction of patience-root in wine or ass's
milk.
Marcellus of Bordeaux recommends tlie use of amulets and other supersti-
tious means. Here are some of his treatments:
"When a tooth, wliich is loose or painful, is to he extracted, the nose
of the patient should he rulibed witli l)rown sugar, ivy or green oil. He is
advised to hold his hreath, a stone is then placed upon his tootli and he is
made to close his moutli. Tlie fluid which causes the pain is tiien allowed to
I'ow from the mouth in such a quantity as to frequently till tliree pots. After
having cleaned the nose with pure oil and rinsed the mouth with wine, tlir
tooth is no longer painful and may he easily extracted. The tooth will like-
wise drop out hy itself if it l>e ruhlied with African sponge. It is only neces-
sary at the return of the swallow, to repair silently to the border of a clear
rivulet, take some water in the mouth, and to ruh the tooth with tlie forefinger
of both hands, and repeat these Avords: "Hirudo, tibi, dico, quo modo hoc in
nostro iterum non erit, sic mihi denies non dolant toto anno." '
SAINT APOU.ONIA THE PATEOjN SAINT.
Saint Aj)ollonia. in tke -jrear 300 A. I).. -was^eaaeaized by the cluirch of
Rome, and since then Ms been the patron saint of_dentistry. The ninth day
of February has been observed by the church of Rome in her commemora-
tion. A painting of this Saint was, in 1900, presented to the Academy of
Stomatology, on behalf of Dr. Mary H. Stillwell, by Dr. C. X. Pierce of Phila-
delphia, together with this historic sketch
She was the daughter of a heathen magistrate in the city of Alexandria. Her
mother, although not a Christian, was iuelined to look with sympathy on the believers
in that faith and often spoke to the child of the wonderful power there was in the
[irayers of these people. It is not surprising, therefore, that Apollonia, as she grew
lip, felt more and more deeply that this alone was the one religion that could satisfy
and ennoble her life. Ijonging to obtain the grace of baptism, she made her way to
Saint Leonine, a disciple of St. Anthony of Egypt, and, as he\ paptized her, he
bade her go to Alexandria and preach the faith. So she went forth!-' and though she
was only a woman, young and frail, yet so eloquent were her words, so fervent her
^A liberal rendering of this invocation to Hirudo, the bloodsucker,, may read:
Leech, I implore you let me not repeat this remedy and let not my teeth ever ache
again.
HISTORY OF DENTAL SURGERY 13'
of tlie tooth with a t^liarp cutting instrument, such removal causing no pain
whatever, the remains are as sound as a liealthy perfect tootli." He declares
loose teeth may ho tiglitened hy a decoction of patience-root in wine or ass's
milk.
Marcellus of Bordeaux recommends tlie use of amulets and other supersti-
tious means. Here are some of his treatments:
"When a tooth, wliich is loose or painful, is to he extracted, the nose
of the patient should he rulibed witli l)rown sugar, ivy or green oil. He is
advised to hold his hreath, a stone is then placed upon his tootli and he is
made to close his moutli. Tlie fluid which causes the pain is tiien allowed to
I'ow from the mouth in such a quantity as to frequently till tliree pots. After
having cleaned the nose with pure oil and rinsed the mouth with wine, tlir
tooth is no longer painful and may he easily extracted. The tooth will like-
wise drop out hy itself if it l>e ruhlied with African sponge. It is only neces-
sary at the return of the swallow, to repair silently to the border of a clear
rivulet, take some water in the mouth, and to ruh the tooth with tlie forefinger
of both hands, and repeat these Avords: "Hirudo, tibi, dico, quo modo hoc in
nostro iterum non erit, sic mihi denies non dolant toto anno." '
SAINT APOU.ONIA THE PATEOjN SAINT.
Saint Aj)ollonia. in tke -jrear 300 A. I).. -was^eaaeaized by the cluirch of
Rome, and since then Ms been the patron saint of_dentistry. The ninth day
of February has been observed by the church of Rome in her commemora-
tion. A painting of this Saint was, in 1900, presented to the Academy of
Stomatology, on behalf of Dr. Mary H. Stillwell, by Dr. C. X. Pierce of Phila-
delphia, together with this historic sketch
She was the daughter of a heathen magistrate in the city of Alexandria. Her
mother, although not a Christian, was iuelined to look with sympathy on the believers
in that faith and often spoke to the child of the wonderful power there was in the
[irayers of these people. It is not surprising, therefore, that Apollonia, as she grew
lip, felt more and more deeply that this alone was the one religion that could satisfy
and ennoble her life. Ijonging to obtain the grace of baptism, she made her way to
Saint Leonine, a disciple of St. Anthony of Egypt, and, as he\ paptized her, he
bade her go to Alexandria and preach the faith. So she went forth!-' and though she
was only a woman, young and frail, yet so eloquent were her words, so fervent her
^A liberal rendering of this invocation to Hirudo, the bloodsucker,, may read:
Leech, I implore you let me not repeat this remedy and let not my teeth ever ache
again.
