SHIP'S MOTION AS AN ANAESTHETIC.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 44, 15 November 1907, Page 2

SHIP'S MOTION AS AN ANAESTHETIC.

The "New York Herald's" New York'correspondent announces that the sea-gouig dentist has arrived. He is now in New lork enjoying tlio inrgo profits of his first trip on tlio French liner Savoio. This up-to-date dentist is Dr. Georges Marcoau, of I'uris, and he declares' that ha conceived the idea that -there might bo money to be made afloat. He invested all his savings in equipment and dental materials, and hired one of the finest staterooms on the Savoie. Ho made himself agreeable to the saloon passengers, and soon discovered that there wero several of them whose teeth needed attention, and who were delighted with the opportunity to liavo, them repaired during the voyage, thus saving the time which would have to be devoted to thorn ashore. Dr. Marceau said that he had to work secretly, fearing that the officers of the ship might object to his new enterprise.. Hia first patients wore two men, and for two days ho worked drilling and filling their teeth. He made a full set ; of teeth for another man passenger, and fitted thorn just before tho ship arrived at Sandy Hook. Ho also supplied three lady passengers with sets of teeth: — "The fact that I had to work secretly was a great strain," he said, "but otherwise the conditions were ideal. The motion of tho ship seemed to have the effect of allaying pain, and several of my patients told mo they had nnvor been so free from nervousness in a duntist's chair. I also found that tho electric light connections wero excellent for supplying powor to my engine. "The financial results were far beyond my expectations. I used up all my st<)ck. and 1 am satisfied dint there is plenty''of work for the sea-going dentist."