The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-24
SO YOU NEED NO TEETH?

so YOU NEED NO TEETH?
 A man 68 years of age writes, inclosing neatly addressed en- velope without stamp on 1t, and his name isn't Sandy either, that he was startled by something l said here about the man without teeth.
 What I said about the man with out teeth was that the result of eating without teeth is insidiouS development of stomach trouble" malnutrition, anemia, premature physical decline, early old age and disability. It would pay such a man to select a competent dentist, have teeth made he can wear, and wear them for eating.
 Startle is the right word for what I hoped to do. Not astonish nor frighten nor alarm. To startle Is to cause to start. Start for the dentor's office. That's what hoped to do.
 The correspondent assures me he is 68 years old, has not had any teeth for the past five years. He does not bolt his food at all, but crushes 1t thoroughly (presumably before ating) except meat which he cuts into one-half inch pieces. He drinks a quart of milk daily--he does not say how long he has done SO; wonder whether person who has taken at least quart of milk daily, or its equivalent in butter, cheese, various dishes containing milk, would ever lose all of his teeth at any wage. The correspond ent further declares he is not con- Stipated (which is immaterial, so far as nutrition and health are con- cerned, that he practices belly brea thing and takes his iodin ra- tion regularly. even.
 No matter how many other rec concentrations of mine he follows, it doesn't compensate for the loss of teeth.
 Yet the correspondent declares that up to the present time he feels all right, and he asks, facetiously whether there is anything hiding in the closet ready to jump out at him for going without teeth? If so, will I please tell him, so that he may run out and buy set.
 After all it appears that as health teacher I am fair to middling lawn bowler. Evidently this reader has adopted as sound and sensible my suggestion of belly breathing and the iodin ration these cost little or nothing-but he is not convinced by my exhorta- tions on the importance of masti- eating food. Artificial teeth a per- son can wear with comfort and use with efficiency cost money, and are surely worth whatever they cost. But as long as bargain dental shops dangle before the eyes of the gull- ible customer offers of cheapjohn teeth a considerable number of edentulous people will squander they money on such wares and then relapse into the sorry state of the correspondent.
 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 Bad Habit Overcome
 Six months ago I sent for your book on constipation habit. My wife and I want to thank you. We had faith in your advice and now We are cured of lifelong habit. H.H.RD
 Answer-Trouble with so many victims is they think they know better than I do For copy of book let "The Constipation Habit" send ten cent coin and a threc-cent stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress.
 We Wish to Forget Flake White
 When I dispense flake white" in the drug store I take it from the container marked Plumb Carbon aits" far from Bismuth Subnitrate. GG.ED
 Answer-Thank you, and my apol- ogies. It is the wilful popular use of these common names instead of the chemical names that confuses. For instance, famous textbook of chemistry (WitthausD states that bismuth subnitrate is flake white"