The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-06-28

Familiar Lecture to Parents. Food
best Adapted to the Healthy
Growth Of their Chill s.,
sn dren's Teeth.
In our first lecture we insisted on per-
feet cleanliness of these organs, as one
great means of their preservation. SWe
also showed the importance of teaching
children the use of a tooth brush, from
their earliest comprehension, and recon-
mended that every possible means be
adopted for their retention, until in the
natural order of fittings they are to be re-
placed by the permanent organs.
AS the foundation Of the teeth COM
mences before birth, it is evident that
the mother should, be particular to keep
her health as perfect as may be, using
such food as would develop these organs
in the most healthy manner. I'll could
reach the ear and conscience of every
mother in the land would startle them
with the great moral responsibility rest
ing upon them in regard to this subject.
The untold misery garnered up and
bequeathed to their offspring by the
thousands of thoughtless mothers, is
painful to contemplate. ...t .o.
Daily exercise, both indoors and out;
daily, or at least, semi-weekly ablutions
are necessary. Coarse wheat bread, po-
tatoes, beans, peas, oat meal and other
vegetables, beef, mutton, fowl and fish,
are tlN most suitable food for herself and
child during the period of uterine gesta-
ton. Avoid fresh or salt pork, pies,
cakes and confectionery. Ninety-nine
out Of a hundred would be better off, and
vastly increase their stock Of health, by
avoiding the use of tea and coffee. Re-
ject patent medicines, and endeavor by
all means to keep your health without
the use of drugs. ...ss.E sstrrn.5 3 .
The PRINCIPAL cause of the decay of
teeth is their imperfect formation, owing
to the want of proper nourishment, in
their development and growth.
Sickness of the mother during the
period of lactation, may and does cause
an imperfect deposition of the calcareous
or lime elements Of the teeth; since it is
the phosphate and carbonate of lime
that gives the teeth their peculiar hard
ness, this deposition we find easily in
terrupted by the least constitutional de-
rangement. Sickness will derange the
natural formative process, or IT may
cause a poverty of these important
elements in the blood and these organs
starred in their growth.
All bones of the body are hardened by
carbonate of lime together with small
proportion of phosphate of lime. Now
it is easy to perceive that there is an inn
mense drain from the blood of these inn
portant mineral substances to supply SO
much material for bone tissue. Even the
red flush or muscles require a certain
amount of these substances. Where is
all the calcareous matter to come from?
Nature is never in fault. God has given
us in the grains and fruits of the earth,
and in the flesh of beasts, birds and fish,
the necessary elements to produce every
part of our physical bodies. But men
and women have by cunning and foolish,
not to say wicked inventions, perverted
the natural use of His good gifts.
Wheat contains all the elements need
ed for the perfect developement Of teeth.
This grain is the principal food of mill
ions in this country. And how is it
used? Whether in bread, crackers, pies,
cakes or puddings, only the fine flour is
used. All the coarse parts are rejected
given to hogs or cattle. What folly
and ignorance! That which is rejected
contains the necessary constituents for
the nutrition and growth ofthe teeth in
abundance, and the only portion used in
cookery is entirely deficient in them.
Such being the case, is it any wonder
that people who lose the dental organs
by decay before the age Of twenty-five
arc numbered by hundreds of Thousands
in this country? Thousands OF children
after weaving are fed upon fine flour
bread and poor milk or tea slops, cake
poisoned with lard, pies the same, bio.
monj, corn starch, ice cream, candies
&C., of similar qualities. Why should
YOU wonder what makes the milk teeth
of your darlings decay at four, five or six
years of age? Or be surprised at the raw
ages of decay in the permanent teeth o
your children of eight, ten or twelve
You have starved their teeth, and the.
are dying! II you will not use whea
meal for bread, make the bran an,
shorts into griddle cakes. Give you
children good pure milk, potatoes, tur
nips, beans, peas, fish, poultry, lean beei
lean mutton and fruits. Never Civ
them coffee or tea, and avoid spices of al
kinds as much as possible. fra
Corn meal and oat meal are excellen