Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1895 — His Teeth a Dynamo. [ARTICLE]

His Teeth a Dynamo.

Industries and Iron. A curious case has just been recorded, iri which an electric current was found to be generated by a plate of artificial teeth. A patient consulted his doctor on account of a severe pain in his tongue. But the sufferer was assured that there was nothiug the matter. He then paid a visit to his dentist, who informed him that his teeth were perfectly sound. Being, however, dissatisfied, he called upon an electrician whom he knew, and asked him if it were possible that he could have any electricity in hi c inouth. On examining thb his friend found that two metals were used to fix them to a composition plate. To these rnetalsi wires were then attached and connected to a galvanometer. Then the teeth were replaced in the patient's mouth and the metals moistened with saliva. No sooner was this done than the galvanometer showed quite a large current from so small a source—enough, it is stated, tc cause ulceration and severe pain when long oontinuedjupon so sensitive an organ as the tougoc. The plate was covered with an insulating varnish and thenceforward all the trouble eeased. A- ’ . • *l.