The San Francisco call., 1897-07-16

Third-They must be kept at rest and ex-
posed TO little light.
Fourth-A suitable soil like albumen, con-
talniIg earthly salts and nearly alkalhe.
How admirsb bly, the mouth suppilrs al! these
reQuirementsi With its tropical chmatet
moisture normally alkaline, albumeh contalu. =
ing earthy salts, and conditions Tor rest mat
are simply IDEAL.
You viii remember that at the clinic we
gave in the morning attention was called TO
the effect of their growth on dlne1ent SOILS: T:
now that when grown on fo- meat s rss tse tine ven
understood why meat-esters teeth are SO
free from decay. Among the Esqulnla aux.
whose diet is almost exclusively neat, uecay
is almost q thing unknown. This also en-
plains why carntyorous animals do not have
decayed teeth.
The street dog, that lives wholly on scraps
of meat, has peariy white teeth anu no oe-
cav But your fondled. petted pug ana pood e
dog lok in their mouths. Their breath is
nau, eating their teeth loose. irregular ana
decaved in every direction. Do you ask why
Their diet is cake bread and sWeetmeats
rarely do they ever eat meat
OF ail the organs OF the mouth the tongue
approaches nearest the ldesi coIuitI i loF the
growth of bacteria. From time lmm emorial
The coating appearing on Is surface has been
one OF the objective symptoms OF disease.
Most of this coating may be easily removed
by scraping with an ordinary silver teaspoon.
Then with napkin between the thumb ana
first finger gently grasp the tip ana draw II
forward, rubbing the surface OF the tongue
with q soft cloth on which is SpFlHAIeu niue
common salt. Follow tnis by tnorongh
swabbing with pyroz1ne per cent medlelnal,
ana you nave effectualiy cieansed the tongue.
Why certain conditions make II possible for
bacteria to dissolve out the lime salts and
albumcn OF the teeth at one time ana not at
another is something that must be xpiained
We must know more about the lnterceiiuIar
cement substance.
Pathologists, histologists and chemists tell
US that it is like bumen or geiatine. and
that in some mysterious way eements the cells
together They have not been able 10 separ-
ate II from the cells so as 10 gam exact
chemistry. and study under the microscope
has not given good results because OF the dltil-
Guilty of differenral stainiugs.
Now l believe hat the bones ano teeth are
hard and resist decay because OF the minute
quantity and increased hardness OF this inter
cellu ar albumiuous cement substance mold
ing the b0ne-celIs tog ther; that muscle,
nerve aud the tissues OF the various organs
are SOFT ana readily decay because there Is an
increase in the quantity and sottenlng OF
this cement substance. ANYTHING mat VIII
harden this iuterceilular cement substance
and lbumen of the cell sufficiently VIII pre-
vent decay.
Scient fic Investigation IS regarded impor-
taut by the people when the returns nave Il
commercial value III the markets OF the
world.
Al you have to do is TO prove its utility by
@ prsc tlcal demons tration. You must snow
then why, when and how 10 use II. mat tDls
intercellular cement substance does exist and
that you can harden it has alreaGy been
proven by our chemists, histologists ana
bacterio ogists. The principle. OF hardening
slbumen SO as 20 resist decay is almost as old
as ume. l refer you to the mummy pits OF
Egypt The practical application OF TINS
principle you make whenever you take q
smoke, drink glass OF whisky, cook anything
or freeze Gylhing.
l offer this hardening OF the intereellular
cement substance and aibumen OF the cells as
an explanation OF the sction OF most all OF
your best ants ptics and germlcides, inciud-
ing the entItoXins.
The better 10 understand this principle let
us look al some OF the conditions fayoring
decay.