Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1883 — Man Losing His Teeth. [ARTICLE]

Man Losing His Teeth.

The toothless biped of the future is no mere idle dream of the speculator. Mr. Spence Bates, F. R. S., has lately shown that the average tooth of the modern European shows under the microscope a distinct deterioration of structure and loss of substance as compared with the tooth of the Esquimau, the Red Indian, and the Ashantee, as well as with those found in the ancient barrows of England. And not only is the quality degenerating, but there is a tendency likewise toward diminution of quality. The cranium develops at the expense of the face and jaws, and as the space required for the teeth diminishes, their number likewise decreases. While the lower vertebrates have four grinders on each side in each jaw, the highest have three, while in man their number is reduced to two. Nor is it expected that the diminution will stop here if the average size of the human skull goes on increasing as it is now doing. Fortunately, the question does not press. —Pall Mall Gazette. One watch set right will do to try many by; but, on Hie other hand, one that goes wrong may be the means of misleading a whole neighborhood; and the same may be said of the example we individually set to those around us. Thomas a-Kemp is. Bagasse, it is said, jnakes as good paper as straw, the only difference being that it takes a little longer to heat it on account of the toughness.