Pains in a dentist’s chair are forgote ten as the patient’s interest is captured by a moving picture thrown on a screen directly in front of the sufferer. Dr A. 6. Highgate, of Mauconda, Illinois (U.S.A.), believed that a moving picture would be a relief for his patients, especially the children, and ha had a small portable projector installed. Through this a film is run while ho is at work. As a result, ha says, ho finds it easier to give his treatments, and they are decidedly less trying for Ids little patients. Older peopla are now asking that the pictures _ bo shown while they are in the dentist s chair. Short comedies of the animated cartoon typo are enjoyed most by tho children who come for treatment.
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Evening Star, Issue 20995, 8 January 1932, Page 8
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