EARLY DENTISTRY.
Dental therapeutics dates from a verj r remote epoch. It is not known when this art commenced, but it is well known that the Egyptians practised it to a considerable extent. On a papyrus estimated to date back 3700 vears bofore Christ, which was found fmried nt the feet of the god Anubis, there were found written remedies against painful molars and a way to alleviate other troubles of the teeth by menus of pulverised drags. The art of ''tilling" is very remote. Egyptian mummies have been found with molar cavities very ca.refullv closed. Others have artificial teetn which show that in very ancient times this dental process was known. The Chi noses cured toothache 2700 years before our era. One of their methods was to put iron rust iu the cavities.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10756, 30 April 1913, Page 8
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