Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09
HE CUTS TEETH AT rs.
Dental Surgeons Interested In the Case %
Charles p. Brewer.

Dental Surgeons Interested In the Case of
Charles p. Brewer.
Baltimore Sun, May 18th.
Cutting teeth at the age of nearly
7S years, is the remarkable experience
of Charles P. Brewer well-known
cattle dealer OF West Baltimore. There
are three new teeth, and they grew to
such length that he broke them off, as
they lacerated his tongue Much in
terest has been created in the neigh
borhood over the anomalous growth.
When seen by reporter Of The Sun,
at his home, 1921 West Baltimore street,
yesterday, Mr.. Brewer said: you
should have come hero before broke
off the teeth and you could have Eeen
them then for yourself. The new teeth
made their appearance about si5
months ago. There were three OF
them. They grew in the front lower
jaw. l have never been bothered BY
my tooth, and have never been in a
dentists chair" Mr.. Brewer is a
native of this city.
A reporter of The Sun asked DIR. B.
Holly Smith, M authority on dentistry
and demonstrator at the Baltimore
College of Dental Surgery. what he
thought OF the growth of the teeth.
DIR. Smith said that a third set OF
teeth is exceedingly rare, and that he
would have to see them before Giving
his full belief in such an anomaly.
What is sometimes regarded" he
said, "as third growth of teeth is
simply a retardation of the second
growth.
DR.. George R. Carter, 1926 Madison
avenue, said thai he had sever seen a
thud set of teeth, but that he bad
| heard OF such anomalies, and had read
OF them in works on dentistry.
DR.. Carter showed the reporter a
work by Burdell. an authority on the
| teeth, in which that author says:
1.-THE period at which the seeth ap-
rear varies considerably. Gases are re-
corded in the German Ephemerides of
teeth appearing in the jaws Of man
i22 years old, and many others of a
similar character.
"Dr. Bessot had patient, female,
in her 98th year, Sho cut " double
teeth, mostly in the lower jaw. DR..
Hunter knew case where a complete
set Of teeth in each jaw was REPRODUCED,
and the sockets also were apparently
renewed. DIR. Good once attended a
lady who cut several struggling teeth
at the age of IA; and another remarks.
BILE feature attending this case was that
she at the same time recovered her
sight ia such degree that she Was
able to dispense with the use of spects-
| Giles.
some of the most singular instances
of the kind, hove, Or, is given by Or.
Slade in the Philosophical Transactions
for 1713 The patient was his father.
When rs years old he cut an incisor
tooth, which be had lost 25 years
before: and at II another inoisor was
replaced IN the same way, thus at SO
ha had Complete row of teeth. When
he was 80 they all dropped cut sue
cessively, and when 81 they all sue.
cessiyely reappeared; SO that at SIS be
had still perfect set Of teeth. At the
same time his hair changed from
white to dark hue and his condition
seemed more vigorous and healthy.
Several physiological authors have
firmly denied that third set Of teeth
does ever appear This is unfair, for
many modern authors give testimony
to the reverse Or. Bell OF the Uui-
versity OF London, and highly
esteemed surgeon and anatomistl saw
au instance ia which four front teeth
appeared at the ago of so. have my
self witnessed occurrences ia which
teeth have appeared at an advanced
age"