Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-10-12
4 Chapter ON eeth-An Illustrative
Incident.

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there. To great Official ability he
added All extensive general scientific
know lvLg,, aud his little book on the
ch,inic.l analysis of the different
sprays of that locality, aud their re-
spect,vc adaptation TO various dis.
e;l,.s Is, | believe. still valued as d
/ manuai OF reference.
during visit with him in 1854,
! he told me that he had made the
early decay OF teeth, particularly ~
f! oar own ceuntry, a special study tor
some time. lie had attributed i: 10
various causes, winch further inves-
uuat.un proved erroneous. One oi
4 those Was the enormous aud increas-
my use OF sugar III .a,lous f'rms.
I But visit to lie sugar plantations
| ot Louisiana and the West Indies dis
proved mat Theory, Tor he never saw
finer teeth Than were possessed by
n.uros who conducted the manuiac-
lure, and were always chewing the
cane, sucking the juice, and eating
| me sugar " handsIul during saccha
ru,c season. He had finaliy cume to
The CONCLUSION that the trouble in
question arose from the present dis
use OF many articles Ut food whici,
formed q large palL oi the diet o! the
past generations, and the boitlng vi
our lar,naceous cereals SO fine as To
exclude most oi the siilciOus element
of winch nature forms the enamel vi
our teeth.
He had put his last theory to the
test, 10 his entire satisfaction, III n
case tia, had recently fallen under
his professional management. A
Southern lady Was visiting the
Springs, mainly Tor the benefit Of an
ony daughter, some four or five
years o.d, who was living poor,
puny, plnlny life, having always been
slckly, aud who mad lost all her teeth
hy utter decay III Their sockets. On
inquiry, he iound that the child had
never eaten anything except food,
chi, fly cake, made VI the finest Hour,
and confectionery ad Ab,tam. He put
the patient upon diet--nauseous at
first, aud only accepted as the alter
nall.e OF starvalion-of wheatvh
Srits, Graham bread, dried p as and
Ovans, 50 as 70 procure siiex nough
tor Natures wants. In eighteen
months Time the child had not onl.
become st,ong aud hearty, but new
sci oil teeth has superseded the form.
eli, strong, white, handsome, and
with spienued coating OF ename
winch laughed al the dentist. Tins
seemed 10 settle the truth OF his the
ory; but he thought il received a
sim farther confirmation by an Incl
uent which furnished han shorty
after.
IL was OH Il visit to the. battlefield
OF Burgo, ne's INVASION aua, on my
arrival at Bemis Heights, leaned that
the owner OF the battle ground OF
Uclober I, iii, had just exhum. Il
several skeletons III excellent praser
Walton. | confess to certain anti
quarlan Weakness, and | Immediately
sought the aforesaid land-holder. |
iouni that in pluwing to enlarge his
garden, which lay upon the site OF
the old British ntrenched camp, he
had invaded the forgotten grave OF
eight officers who had been buried
in til. same trench. That they were
officers was proven hy :he universal
tradlt,ou that they alone We're car
ri.L from the field which remained
in the hands Of the vistorious Ameri
cans, while the dead Of the rank anl
file wr'e lett 70 the disposal Of the
conquer Ors.
Moreover, with one of the skele-
tons was found quite piece OF his
scarlet coat, perfect III texture an (,
color after burial OF nearly eight"
years, and two gold faced buttons
whose bearings enabled me to de-
termine the wearer to have been one
of General Frazier's grenadiers, who
were terribly cut up IN the fight, the
General himself having been killed
at their head The skull of The said
officer had occn pierced through the
temple by a musket ball, which was
still within it This, aud the relic Of
the uniform the finder had laid aside,
while he had reburied the rest OF the
bones. But, at my instlyation, he re
opened the grave and permitted me
to select what | chose from its con
tents. A competent douccur ct cur
+, ncy secured 10 me tbs possessic q
Of all these articles. which ! sti;
hold. What connects the story witt
DR.. North and his teeth theory Was
the splendid dental development
manifest in all the skulls, scarce
tooth being wanting, and, with yer,
few exceptions, every tooth IN the
finest condition, although the ett;lcc
ment OF the suture IN some OF ths
crania betokened that the age O
their former owners must have ex
! cceded fifty years.
! On my way home I called on tn,
doctor anl exhibited my trophies
He almost danced to see IN thos'
beautiful teeth another proof OF hi