CLEAN MOUTH ESSENTIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 267, 10 November 1928, Page 11

CLEAN MOUTH ESSENTIAL.

D?-YOU;. WANT\TO' : .:bE -WELL.

\. Warm commendation .of;the; good work done by- the school - dental; clinics in looking .after,the care : of -the mouths, was ■ given by' Dr.; J. ;VHardie Neil-... during J ; -his.", -iecture; ; in the-University .College .Hall.'.- -.In, this work,New-Zealand-leads- the r»vay,- and its value was' by,- Dr. Neil, who showed what ./a source of prolific infection the "mouth-could become if it were neglected. - "He was 'lecturing under the auspices of' the -. Auckland * Institute arid the Auckland-branch of-the British Medical _ Association, on. "Infection and Defence Mn' the ' Respiratory' Tract." With the aid of some Very good lantern . slides,' he • explained; the■ breathing'•■ appa- , ratus.'i.He ;pointed'out'that the chief local .defence ;against disease . was the film ,of mucus, .which was a better guard against -infection- than .any chemical antiseptic known.. .' , * -, : - .. ;•■-.■ ■-~ '. The lecturer; laid-great stress :.on-,the importance: of keeping, the mouth: free from .sepsis; -Tho: mouth .could- become a-virulent -source'-of-,trouble,•; and the tonsils, -were .stated <toi.be- the rprincipal possible, seat ..of. danger; Attention was drawn to : the ■ absolute • necessity -for keeping the in order-to guard .against cancer:of the mouth, -throat, -and -/digestive .tract. Diphtheria, .y scarlet, jfeyer ;and acute rheumatism-were witht a.: septic ■ tonsil. : ; .Generally/..speaking, - too much,attention -could -not .be 'pavfc-to seeing.vthat-the perfectly free from sepsis. . : Once ..it ['became.'the seat-of; a.,: sepsis ifoeus'iifc. niigM' ! lead;.to . ',■■ ...."•'■' -■-■'■-^-.