Juliet signal., 1861-05-07
VOL. Is NO. AZ.
The Teeth.

are essential to the comeliness Of any bn-
man face. Defective teeth mar the hand
somest features, and cause us 10 turn away
our gaze with a kind of disgust from
countenance of otherwise faultlessly beam
tiinl. Sound teeth not only add to the
comfort and personal appearance, but con-
tribute largely TO the health of all; hence
special attention should be paid to them
daily, from the time of early childhood.
from the time when the first permanent
tooth makes its appearance, about the sixth
year.
Whenever it is practicable, every tooth
IN child's head should be minutely ex.
afiilned by careful, conscientious and
skillful dentist every few months; and the
great importance of special attention 10
their cleanliness, the avoidance of cold and
hot drinks, Of the use Of any "picksD
harder than VOID or quills, aud all
the dentrifices prepared by unknown hands
should be pressed upon the minds of the
young with great assiduity.
Harm has been done by propegating the
notion that sugar is injurions to the teeth.
by divesting attention from real causes of
decay. The eating of any amount Of pure
sugar cannot Iniure the teeth directly be-
cause 1t is wholly Dissolved and passes into
the stomach
But let it be remembered that the prac-
tlce OF eating sugars or canai.s or any
other sweet meats largely, will inevitably
cause disorder Of the stomach and degen.
crate gases there which will undermipd
the health Of the teeth.
BY insisting too much on the fact that
sugars and candiee destroy the teeth. an
impression will grow that if these are
mainly avoided, the person so doing will
have good teeth and this leads tie mind
away from the necessity Of keeping the
mouth clean and the stomach healthful.-
If they are well done, and teeth ere kent
plugged in a finished style. the teeth nat
uraily or hered.tIry poor may be kept in
good state of preservation for great
many years.
All forms Of dysPepsia have tendency
to destroy the teeth. Whatever causes
acidity of stomach is ruinous to the teeth.
A table spoonful of the purest syrup of loaf
sugar, taken three times day before
meals, will destroy the tone of the health
lest stomach in very short time. And
when 1t is remembered how many ratent
medicines are made ap in the form of
syrups, lOZenges, and how common the use
OF them has become, it need not be won>
dered at that every second or third person
met On the street knows the meaning of
"sour stomach" or dyspesia. Ii has been
shown that If a sound tooth lie steeped in
syrup for some days it becomes a soft pu!ny
mass. That does not prove that il was in
furious to the tooth, because it was a dead
tooth; and further, such steeping of a
live tooth is impossible. The gastric fluid
is innocuous to q living stomach, but Mt
ha ~ -.
fluid begins to eat up the stomach. So IL
is in conclusive to reason from the living
20 the dead OF ricd rersa
1t is urged By many that ealomel is n
most deadly agent to the teeth. and yet is
sound tooth is soaked for weeks togeth,
er in solution of calomel, no apparent
effect Whatever is produced upon it.
| 80 far from sugars and pure candies in
juring the teeth or health, they would il
used wisely and in moderation, as sole
desserts, be actual prese-yatives of both
especially if alterusted, as deserts. with
! fruit and berries in their natural raw. ripe
perfect state, by banishing from our tables
1 the pesteriferous pie, and leaden Pudding.
and pastries and cakes of every descrip-
! tiOn, which as desserts, always tempt 10
| excesses which lay the foundation for dis
eases which torture for lifetime or bring
speedily to the grave.
Let the spirit Of this article be distinctly
understood. Pure sugars and candies do
not injure the teeth except Indirectly. by
their injuticious use including acid;ty OF
stomach or dyspepsia, as will any other
kind of food or drink, or beverage, If ex.
travagantly used.
At seasons of the year when fruits and
berries may not be had, ripe fresh and
perfect, as desserts, pure sugars and can
dies may be used as such in their stead tc
great advantage because they are health
full, being warming nutritious and agreea.
BILE; hence they are very valuable, while
the almost universal love Of them shows
that they were intended to eat If child
is not allowed to eat anything containing
sugar it will sicken and die in a very shor
time. Children need the fuel and car
bln contained in sugar to keep then
warm; without it they would perish from
cold hence the love Of sweet things is al
instinct, implanted by the kind aud wis
maker of us all for the cbild's preservation
There are parcel Of stupid creatures il
the world whose sole stock in trade o
brains and logic amounts to this, "tha
whatever is good is unhealthy" 1t is 10
advised that children should be allowed 4
eat sugar whenever they want it, but tha
as a dessert, after each neal the use o
pure sugars and candies would benefit anC
not tinjure.-HalPs Journal Of Health.