THE TEETH.
It baa been observed that the teeth of the American Indians, like those of skulls from PompJi and of the period of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, are much worn , but free from caries, which, as has been proved, is duo to weakness of the teeth throuph lack of uae. IVlolar teeth are most subject to denay, especially the upper molars, which are fed by a branch of the fifth nerve. The other branch of the nerve goes to the eyes, and Mr. Arthur Ebbels, in a letter to Nature, thinks that the ! strain ordinarily thrown on the latter branch is unfavorable to the other branch which goes to these teeth. People who make great dei mands on their nervous energy are apparI ently more liable to caries than quieter and slower folk. Thus, dwellers in towns are more subject to decayed teeth than country people »nd savajres.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 3174, 19 June 1900, Page 2
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150THE TEETH. Bruce Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 3174, 19 June 1900, Page 2
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