"Dentarnole", as orris root fingers were called by the Italians when they took up the manufacture, was used in the place of the more expensive coral and ivory teething rings for babies, and the juice absorbed from the root was considered an excellent digestive. A the present time, orris root fingers are manufactured by pharmaceutical houses and are offered for sale by our modern pharmacies, although the majority of physicians denounce the use of orris root fingers as harmful and claim the "excellent digestive juice" is disturbing to the stomach of the infant who cuts his teeth on orris root.