THE DENTIST OF OLD.
Dentistry is supposed to be among thepeculiar tiiumphs of our own civilisation, but hero \kp find the' journal of (he Anierican Medical Association speaking with positive enthusiasm of the dentistry of antiquity. The oldest of all is a Phoenician specimen of bridgewor'k found in a tomb near Kidon, in which the teeth arc united by gold wire, two of the teeth having been transplanted. Jn the museum of Corncto are a number of tine specimens of dental work of the sixth and seventh centuries before Christ'. 'they consist of bridgework made by rivotetl bands of metiil. One of them supported thrro artificial teeth, two of them bcinj made from a sinsle <:x tooth to ■imitate human teeth. It will ':e remembered that llartinl speaks of an old voliimi'Wlio was so frightened.that lidr '.ivili fell out, and elseivhere he compares the lino teeth of another, and explains that Hii> former had purchased her denial equipment, while the hitler still depended upon Nature. The. Konians were very particular about their tooth. They lintl them tilled when necessary, and were experts in the making of washes, dentifrices and the like.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1379, 4 March 1912, Page 9
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191THE DENTIST OF OLD. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1379, 4 March 1912, Page 9
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