The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Why Our Teeth Are AnswerabIc for
Many Disorders Of the System.

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Why Our Teeth Are Answerablc fol
Many Disorders Of the System.
That al slfferings and defects are al
rectly traceable 10 the disobedience o.
some law OF cur being cannot be doubted
All mind and matter. from the inoT
ganic atom 10 the highest form OF in
telIigence is moved, changed and regu
lated by fixed laws. When the lave
which govern our physical well-beins
are permitted 10 act tremendously al Is
well with Us. Any deviation or infringe
ment on these laws brings the penalty Of
disobedience.
Wee have learned that much Of on
comfort depends on that important organ
the stomach. But do we realize that IL
function is a secondary one, that it mus
suffer under the arbitrary conditions i'm
posed upon it BY the organs which start
I rightly or wrongly. the wonderful pro-
cess of transposing food materials int
active. breathing. pulsatiug and sensats
individualities and forms Of life?
Do one-half Of the people endowed
with ordinary intelligence know what the
intended mission Of the teeth is, other
! than for the ornamental effect a perfec.
set Of teeth gives TO the face, redeerning
what may otherwise be a hopelessly
countenance2 Do we consider why they
are placed at the very gateway OF life.
and how their neglect. more than any
other thing under our control, is prob
( ably responsible for more Of the serious
/ Gisarran gements Of the system than th,-
| possibility OF our becoming prey IN
any OF the nuch-talksc-of and dreaded
microbes Of disease2 If we but keep our
bodies in perfect health we need not ada
the fear OF these disease germs TO our
| other daily frets and self-imposed wor
ries; for greater than our dread Of al.
outside influences should be the fear OF
our own ignorance, or what is perhaps
less excusable. our criminal neglect Of
the truth we do know.
The o6ense Of being responsible foi
| poor teeth is so great as to be appallingJ
for possibly more disease. misery and
premature deaths result from poor and
diseased teeth than any and all other
causes combined. Because the work or
destroying and undermining the health.
by the agency OF this evil is so insidious
is all the more powerful reason why the
neglect TO assist nature in her construc-
ton and care Of perfect teeth should be
regarded as criminal and punishable as
crime which IS objectionable when it en-
tails suffering on the helpless and IRE.
sponsible children. handicapping them
with impaired digestion at the very be-
ginning Of LIES long distance race.
Teeth differ in one important respect
from other parts of the animal economy.
They do not possess recuperative power.
While all other parts of the body are
endowed with this power to repair in
jnry and replace lost tissue. it is not so
with the teeth. and if decay destroys any
part of their structure there IS no pos
sibility OF its restoration. This seeming
deficiency IS not a fault Of nature. who
never makes a mistake Teeth are made
Of materials more indesuucuble than,
other organs Of the body: in fact the
enamel is the hardest tissue of the body
and contains a very small percentage of
animal matter.
When supplied with the proper and re
quisite dement's for their perfect forma-
ton and nourishment they VIII. In ac,
eordance with natural laws, last a life
time and not be subject 70 disease. In
fact the gradual wearing away and loos-
ening Of the teeth as ma nadvances t.
the fullness Of his time should be the
only indica ton OF his destructlbility.
Consider the teeth Of the animal that il
not subject to the service of man or the
unnatural foods this subsection often en-
tails Unless their teeth have cbeen in
iured by accident, they are free from
decay. and following the law Of nature,
they simply wear out with the passing
Of the animal as it nears the eend OF its
allotted days.
The teeth are principally adopted for
the tearing. dividing. pounding or grind
ing Of the food into suitable condition to
be passed on into the stomach. II this
is imperfectly done, as must be the case
when the teeth are defective and many
of the most important ones entirely de-
stroyad. work IS forced upon the stom-
ach which it was never intended to per
form and which it will resent al in its
own good time. and when teeth and
stomach are both crippled the way Of
the transgressor is indeed hard but not
unjust.
Unciyilized man as well as beasts liv-
ing as they do or naturally organized
foods. vigorously employ the teeth in put
ting the foods .n the first and primary
stage Of digestion; and II is remarked /
that unto the fourth and fifth genera /
ton many descendants OF the native
African are sui blessed. in spite Of their (
civilized environments. with the en-
viabIe inheritance Of teeth which MAJ
very appropriately be compared 10 pearls (
Very noticeably perfect, too, are the +
teeth OF those who I've strictly n &C.
with the old mosaic laws OF +
diet
Therefore Z al animals that live il 4
freedom and on foods OF their own seIee- /
t3on. also The African. the Hlndoo. thu +
American Indian. and reaching at a SIN
gle bound Up 70 and including the mos !
intelligent people Of the world. The He I
hraic races. We and that sound and per i
feet teeth and general physical mental +
soundness are inseparable. il IS CON +
sarstively easy 70 Associate cause ara z
effect Perfectly IS possible 70 au r the i
night materials are far1ished ard prop /
ariy utilized BY The individual
Why Do We Not Al Have Perfect
Teeth.
The forming young q the children .
nature and Il animals are supplied WIKI
i-rs. phosphorus. potash and slick ans
7ther elements ~ which teeth are con-
POSED - thc mother whs noarisaes thera.
in5 who gets these clements from the
,cad which nature provides ard the erea-
.ureFs instinct teaches her sre the ms.
suitable - sustain her and build Up hen
-osng 10 chs perfection - thelr kind
More forrgnate the child - the ~
utorel Indian mother who lived maials-