Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-03-19

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dentists Of New York city did the
public the kindness to explain in one
of our daily papers why the teeth
fail and decay, as the reasons appear.
ed proper to him. His article was
answered by an eminent dentist,
whose excellent chemical education
enabled him to prove the reasoning
OF the first writer unsound, and who,
besides, proved two other things,
viz:
1st. Nothing but acids decay the
teeth.
I'd. They do so because those or
gans do not contain sufficient phos-
plate of lime.
The occasion did not require, nor
the length of the article admit of. the
subject being carried far enough to
SHOW how this could be remedied
In Individual ses. Hence the great
arising from the short controversy,
lay in-the knowledge thus obtained
of the chemical process of the decom.
position of the teeth.
To some minds accustomed to self
Interrogation or reflection that might
lbesenough, but not enough for all.--
The proofs brought by the critic Of
the first article being conclusive, the
next question arising is, what shall
we do to give the teeth the proper
proportion ofphosphate oflime? The
simple answer is, eat it; because we.
know ofno other process by which
it can be introduced into the blood,
and unless it is found there some-I
what abundantly it will never 90 into
the structure of the teeth, inasmuch
as they, like the rest of body, are
composed of materials which are
brought into the blood by the diges-
tive organs.
In order to seat it." one must eat
cert;.in.k kinds Of food which are com
ing into general use in cities, and
which contain in themselves large
quantities of it-such as grits, oat-
meal, Graham bread, one-fourth of
an inch of the surface of potatoes.
The reasons, furthermore, may be
found in the following The bone of
the tooth is composed of phosphate
of lime to the extent of sixty two
per cent. The enamel has in it about
eighty five per cent. ofthis phosphate
and if less thau this amount is fonnd
in proportion to the whole tooth, its
structure is very easily dissolved
away by the acids which form in
the mouth, from particles of food in
= process Of decomposition, from cons
fectionery and other sweet things
which in the mouth rapidly acidify. |
Some OF the abcye named ARTICLES
of food should constitute part of
the daily diet from the time of the
first evidence of a child's. existence
to the fourteenth year Of the same,
at which the character Of the teeth
may be considered as finally settled
they will be found Of q good shade,
hard, with an excellent enamel cover
ing, without deep seams crossing
eachsother on the surface and liable
to decay, but the enamel caps will
be found perfectly formed-a cover
ing to the bone, which will save the
patient an immensity of fear, pain,
and expense.
The wonder is often expressed
that the teeth Of the people Of the
present day are so frail, while in past
generations they have been so much
more generally sound. 1t would not
be far from correct TO reply that the
art of refining -four has now SO much
more perfectly robbed it of the bran
of the wheat, thai we get from our
white bread Just so much less phos-
phate of lime; also dyspeptics, and
those who dread dyspepsia, knowing
they ate potato skins when young,
blindIv say they and such trying
food Injured their stomachs, hence
neitherthemselves nor children are
allowed to eat them and it appears
TO sum it up; that the children OF
4be lasS two generations throughout
the Civilized part of the world have
happened to. be deprived Of just the
sodrces of the supply Of phosphate Of
1me in their food, which have robbed I
their blood of the wherewith to make
good teeth and bones SO our teeth
and general bony framework but lily !
compare with those Of the badlywoods
settlers, who personated our grand
fathers, and lived more independently
of fine boiling clothes, and ate up
the entire potato, relishing rye and
indian bread, all to our present mys-
LITIGATION and the blessing of their
own physical happiness. York
EDening Post.
A BLooD.THIRsTY GoyERNMENT.-|