DENTISTRY AMONG THE ANCIENT.
.Dentistry is often supposed to to amoni> tlio peculiar triumphs of our. own;civilisiition, but the- dentistry-,.- -of antiquity was lipt ono whit, inferior to that ot'/to» day. The oldest example of-all, accordding to the "Philadelphia Jioeor.i,"- is a Phoenician specimen, of bridge-work found in a tomb near Sidon, ,in which(ho teeth nvo united by gold wire,, two of tlio tcc'th -having .been transplanted. In the museum of Cornet oar»" a number of fine specimens of dental wnrl- off, tha sixth and Seventh centuries 8.C...' They consist-of bridge-work made bv riveted bands of _metal. , Onc-'of them Min'portcd threo artificial teeth, two of tlieui. being', inado from a siu&lo ox tiot-h grooved to imitate human teeth. Martial speaks of, nil old woman who was t-.j frightened that licr tocth fell out, and «k<whcro.'to compares tho fine teeth of ono womimwith t'>o Iwor.Wtli of another, ami explains that the former had jmrciwctl' hov dental equipment 'while the latter'still depended upon ..Nature. The'■ Romans wW ycrr particular about their tccrliv Thoy liad..thpm filled when rind WrV experts lif.tho making of washes mid d«n< tiinees. ■, ■■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1486, 8 July 1912, Page 9
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184DENTISTRY AMONG THE ANCIENT. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1486, 8 July 1912, Page 9
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