The Seward gateway., 1922-11-25
HAL HYG|ENCE GAN WIN WARS
 WITHOUT GUNS
(By Dr. Daggett)

| Wars may be lost or engineering feats made possible by the application Iof strict sanitation and personal hy- giene. It night be a"gue1 as "pel- sonal right" for a Cit .Lon to become as dirty as he please and stay so as long as he choose, but that argument must fail. AS comlnInity w. are responsible TOT each c: its members and with that resronsiDiii.y comes Iauthorlty.
 The person that cits by you. side al lunch counter or ln the theatre ard blows a filth sGrn br,al1 about 'lre food you eat and in:2 ths air sou breathe. is overstepping his personal rights, and yet an examination Of the mouths of those you constantly rub I elbows with, would reveal a frightful condition. All preventable by the pro- per use of the toothbrush.
 Nature enforces her law. You can
 not dodge the result. Neglect to care
 for your physical we'll being and you pay. There are many Ways to neglect yourself, but we are now discussing ithe care of the mouth, tfat rort of en- | try for disease, whicG, according to }Dr. Charles Mayo, of. Rochester, Min nesota, brings 90 per cent of all ou- ills.
 Neglect is mostly responsible fol
 the present mouth conditions all ovei ithe world. If all the dentists in Am
 erica were to work night and day l they could not repair the damage all ready existing in the mouth of ten per
 cent of Sur population. Mostly pre- ventable by the proper use Of the toothbrush.
 I Dr. Hartzel, of Minneapolis, Minn.
 who is now president of the Amarican
 Dental association, said last August. | If I had to give up eitnec instru-
 ments or tooth brushes in treating my
 patients, I should give up the instIu-
 ments."
 | Sir William Osler, the authority
 abroad on international medicine, said
 There is not one single thing ill pre-
 ventive medicine that equals mouth hygiene and the preservation of the teeth"
 While the tooth brush cannot
 bring back the decayed teeth, 1t can
 aid in the preservation of tnose that
 remain and if properly used in the
 hands of the child it is worth its
 weight in gold. Arm yourself with
 tooth brush and join the army of the
 Cleanly."
 Dr. Bloodgood of Baltimore, Md.
 says: q am confident that cancer Of
 the skin and mucous membrane of the
 oral cavity will practically disappear
 if the public is given this information
 in such way that it will be under
 stood and acted upon"
 l Dr. E. w. Lee, of New York says:
 Crime is a mental disease due to
 physical defect" He reports case
 of a mother, who driven to despair
 over the change in the character of liner son, appealed to physician to ex-
 anime the young man, who was near ling the end of second prison tern.
 His mouth was found in a wletched
 condition. Teeth were not only badly decayed, but the X-ray Showed grant, ilomatus or abscesses at the root ends
 of many of them The young criminal
 who was supposed to be morally de
 prayed, also suffered from adenoids and defective sight. After his physi-
 cal ills had been corrected as far as
 possible, his disposition changed com
 pletely, and he is now moral an1 in ldustrious young man of good charac- ter-Oral Hygiene for November. . Dr. Henry A. Cotton, superintendent
 for the insane, at Trenton, N J., is ldischarging 75 per cent of those admitI | ted to his institution by removing foci of infection, nine cases out of ten the trouble being located in the mouth, and found by the dentist with the aid of the X-ray.