Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-04-16

Natural teeth, clean, sound and perfect nr
| essential to the comeiness of any human face
Defective teeth mar the hanlsomest features
and cause us to turn away our gaze with kin
of disgust from cOuntenanee otherwise fault
essly beautiful. Sound teeth not only add Il
the comfort and personal appearance, but con.
tribute largely to the health of all hence specia
and scrupulOus attention should bu paid to then
daily, from carly childhood, from the time whei
the first permanent tooth makes it's appearance
about the sixth year.
Whenever it is practicable, every tooth in (
chill's head should be infinitely examined by O
careful, conscientious and skllful dentist every
few months and the great importance of speciol
attention to their cleanliness, the avoidance oil
cold and hot drinks of the use of any "picks,
harder than wood or quilts, and Of all dentrifce.
prepared by unknown hands, should be impressed
upon the minds of the young with great as. s.idnity
Harm has been done by propagatng the no
tion that sugar is injurious to the teeth, by al.
yerling attention from real causes of destruction
or decay. The eating of any amount of pure
sugar cannot injure the teeth directly, because
it has no residue; it is wholly dissolved and
passes into the stomach.
But let it be remembered that the practice Of
eating sugars or candles or any other sweetmeats
largely will inevitably cause disorder of the
stomach and generate gases there, which will
epccuAly uhutElhlue tut neullu VI tue teeth.
BY insisting too much on the fact that sugars
and candies destroy the teeth, an impression
will grow TINT if these are mainly avoided, the
person so doing will have good teeth and this
leads the mind away from the necessity Of keen.
ing the mouth clean and the stomach heathful
Ii these things are we'll done. and the teeth are
kept plugged in a finished style, teeth naturally
or hercditarily ''poor" may be kept in a gooc
state of Preservation for many years.
All forms of dyspepsia have direct tendency
10 destory the teeth. Whatever causes acidty OF
the stomach is ruinous to the teeth A table
spoon Of the purest syrup Of loafsugar, taken
three times day before meals, will destroy the
tone Of the healthest stomach in "a very short
time. And when it is remembered how many
patent medicines are made up in the form Of
syrups and sweet lozenges, and how common the
use of them has become, il need not be wondered
ut that every second or third person met on the
street knows the meaning of "sour stomach" or
dyspepsia. 1t has been shown that if sound
tooth be stepped in syrup for some days, it be-
comes soft, pulpy mass That does not prove
that syrup is injurious to the teeth, because it
was dead tooth and further, such a sleeping
of a live tooth is impossible. The gastric Juice
is innocuous to living stomach, but at the very
moment of death that same gastric juice begins
10 cat up the stomach. So it is inconcusive TO
rehson from the living to the dead, or piee persd
II is urged by many that calomel is most
deadly agent to the teeth, and yet if a sound
tooth is soaked for weeks together in solution
of calOmel, no apparent effect whatever is pro-
duced on II.
So far from sugars and pure candies injuring
the teeth or the health, they would, if used wise
ly and in moderation, as sole desserts, be actual
preservatives of both especially if alternated,
as desserts, with fruits and berries in their ma
pay ri fraci, apt nfo brb ba nj all
ing from our tables the pestiterous pie, the
leaden pudding, aud pastries and cakes of every
name, which, as desserts, always tempt to ex-
oesses which lay the foundation for diseases
which torture for lifetime or bring speedily to
the grave.
Let the spirit of this article be distinctly un-
derstood. Pure sugars and candies do not injure
the teeth, except Indirectly by their injudicious
use melting acility Of stomach or dyspepsia, as
will any other kind of fool, or drink, or bever-
age, if exIayagantly used.
At seasops of the year when fruits and berries
may not be had, ripe, fresh and perfect, as jes-
serts, pure sugars and candies may be used as
such in their stead to grent advantage, because
they nre healthful, being warming, nutritious
and agreeable; hence, MS q table article, they
are very valuable, while the almost universal
love of them shows that they were intended to
be eaten. If child is not allowed to eat any
thing containing sugar it will sieken and die in
a very short time. Children neel The carbon,
the fuel contained in sugar, to keep them warm
without it they would perish from cold; hence
the love of sweet things is an instinct, implanted
by the kind and wise Maker of US all for the
chill's preservation. There are n parcel Of
STUPID creatures in the world whose sole stock in
trade of brains and logic amounts to this, that
whatever is good is unhealthy 1t is not ad.
vised that children should be allowed to eat
sugar and caRdy whenever they want it; hut
that as a dessert after each regular meal, the
use of pure sugars and candies would benefit and
not injure.-Hahrs Journal ef LealM.