South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
Goodbye, Toothache! DayLs Coming
When Brush VIII Haze Passed and
Dentists Bills VIII Be No More

..fF OF 500. '. AND nus lUsLfA-
rcrts of torture. and no more need
~ r da.y brush and tooth paste
H.rt finance -atI- because there 81
q time coming when there VIII be
rc more teeth
That is tho opinion SGT forth re-
GENTLY by lands TT. Writ q. ID. S,
0rfhodonrls- OF south Bend
Whether &. win mean relief from
oHc Kind ~ human pain. or the adj
dlGou of more kinds can not yet
he determined. but certain facts are
outstanding towit. the embarrassing
days Of youth when tho teeth come
out 1y twos and threes and the un-
fortunate b. derisively called
"G-tndma" ar Grandpa" VIII no
longer he necessary The moments
et indcci-.0u when youngster
stands Hith One end Of a string tied
20 "A door knob and the other end
10 wigrIy tooth waiting for cour-
age 20 Slam the door. VIII be things
~ the past There viii no longer
ae the entertainment Of watching
Grandmother wash her "set" or Of
seeing her upper teeth slip out Of her
mouth ~ inopportune times. Help
less humans win not be forced 20
SIT for hours while determined per
sons in white aprons dig deep and
long into tho recesses Of their mouth
or grind great cavities reaching into
their very brains. There will ue no
need for periodic sessions with the
brush and cleansing mud" and
dentists bills viii be no more
Food win DC administered 10y
means Of needles or there VIII be
small tablets and strength giving
liquids easily swallowed The joy
81 biting into a juicy apple pie or
a savory steak VIII be foreEone. but
humanity viii rest in the assurance
that there will be no sleepless nights
~ misery caused by a jumping"
tooth.
All this will come about slowly
but surely SAYS DR.. Writ, because
nature abandons functions and
members that aren't used. and the
teeth are being used less and less as
time goes on
oar mode or living has changed
more In the last thousand years
than IN the previous 100. 900; and
nature iu some way VIII have TO
catch up with the development that
has been made
'In the aeons that have passed
since life first appeared on the
earth" says DR. Writ. countless
nyriads Of different forms have had
their day and then become extinct
CD se..f IL
life began on the earth but all are
agreed that u was very much long
or ago than IS commonly supposed.
and that 10 was very simple in FORM.
AS climatic and other changes oc-
Cured. all species Of both plant and
animal life were subjected to
changes of environment. Some
specimens were better able 10 adapt
themselves to these changes than
others. and therefore were enabled
20 survive and perpetuate their
kind
Others being unable 10 so adapt
themselves, persisted and left no
progeny. their only biography be
ing the mark they left I'm the mud
and slime In which they lived, which
gradually turned 90 rock.
Probably al Of these early forms
~ life went through a whole cycle
OF living I'm a few minutes hours Of
days
Those that developed sIowest.
whose cycle OF birth, maturity re-
production and death required the
longer period Of time gained ex-
periences that developed instinct or
intelligence which enabled them
better to cope with changing condi-
tions. and so they survived
Among the earlier forms of YER
tcbrate life we find that creatures
were characterised by large bodies
and small heads. There were huge
bodied reptiles such as the Bronto-
saurus the DiplodoCus and Tracho-
don with small heads. and whose
braincases were so small that they
could have had very little inteII-
geuce; they were all Drawn and lit
tie brain and though their heads
we're small as compared with their
bodies. they were armed with large
jaws and almost innuwerable teeth.
Even the birds of those DAYS had
formidable rows OF sharp. pointed
teeth. but as time went on and con
ditons ~ life changed so that teeth
were not as necessary as formerly
their teeth became more rudimen-
tary like those OF the modern goose.
"Nan in the earliest times as evil
Cenced hy The remains that have
been discovered had smaller
brain case and a larger jaw. and
stronger teeth than we have today.
NE lived a roush and ready life and
depended upon his teeth for many
uses 90 which we do not need TO put
them today. they were his weapons
end bis tools as wen as his machine
for preparinE his rough food for di-
Eestion But man gradually reveI-
UUed his brain and made use Of his
wits - aid him iu getting HIS LIVING
lie began 90 invent means Of over
coming the har5shins If the strug-
gle. and took up am easier mode OF
life. Because he used his brain fl
grew and became more and more
complex and efficient But in pro-
portion rs the use Of his brain took
the place Of use OF hls body. ne has
reduced his physical stamina be-
come weaker and less resistant 70
disease. As he has acquired the
ClupleNItv 81 Nfe called civlllza-
zion. he has accelerated the changes
tr environment artIfcially. until he
has outstrIDped his bodys ability
20 adapt ITSELF Early man had well
formed Jaws and practically al
ways the fun complement of So
teeth
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