Lion’s Teeth Drawn

Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 44, 16 October 1929, Page 2

Lion’s Teeth Drawn

Paris Dentil’s Feat

A Very Awkward Patient

Rajah, a lion of one year of age, member of a menagerie in Paris, has just had to pay the penalty of his neglect of the toothbrush, says a correspondent of an English newspaper. His milk-teeth became shockingly covered with tartar, and inflamation of the gums developed.

Obstinate little fellow that he is, Rajah refused to go voluntarily to the dentist, so it was decided by the proprietors of the wild beast show, with the consent of Rajah’s parents, that the dentist must go to him. He proved to be an awkward patient. As he declined to go into the orthodox chair, he was put on a table and his four t paws strapped down. There still remained the problem of dealing with the lion’s mouth, but Dr. Stroumitz scored a great professional triumph. He deadened the gums, and before Rajah had recovered from his indignation at this mysterious treatment, a couple of his defet-' ive teeth had been drawn.