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The apparatus used for this experiment (Fig. 110) explains
itself. A current of water passing through the part B in the
direction of the \ produces a current of air through the part
A, in the direction of the x^, which draws the smoke from a
lighted cigar through the solu-
tion. The rate at which the ViG. 110.
cigar smokes may be regulated
at will by the cock of the hy-
drant. The results of my ex-
periments, which I ^^ published
in 1884, haye been completely
confirmed by an extended series
of experiments by Tassinari.^^
In consideration of the strong
antiseptic power of tobacco-
smoke, we might be inclined
to infer that tobacco-smokers
should never suffer from decay
it is evident, how-
of the teeth ;
ever, that there are many points
in the dental arch, particularly
when the teeth are not kept
scrupulously clean, to which the o, glass ej'linder with infected solution;
b, c, glass tubes: d, d', d", rubber tubing;
smoke never penetrates.
e, cigar (Colorado Claro) ; B, water air-
pump ; A. current of water passing through
B in the direction of the double arrow pro-
THE STERILIZATION OF
duces a partial vacuum in the bulb, and
TEETH FOR THE PURPOSE OF consequently a current of air in the direc-
IMPLANTATION. tion of the arrow or through the cigar,
which if lighted will smoke at a rate de-
termined by the i>ressure under which the
It is well known that opera-
water is iiowing.
tions designated as replantation,
in which a diseased tooth is extracted, cleansed, and returned to
its alveolus again, and transplantation, in which a tooth taken
from one individual is planted into the alveolus of another, which
has been emptied l)y extraction, have now and then been per-
formed by individual dentists for two and a half centuries. * Since
some few years, a similar but more serious operation is being

*Dupont, Kemede contre le mal des dents, 1633, recommended for toothache
the extraction and replantation of the toolh.