Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1900 — SEE TO THE WALLS. [ARTICLE]

SEE TO THE WALLS.

A Danger in Schoolrooms and How to Prevent It. Owing to ,the gathering of so many different classes of persons therein, tire interior walls of churches, school houses, hospitals, etc., are apt to become repositories of disease germs unless preventive measures are taken. These walls should always be coated with a clean and pure cement, such as Alabastlne, which is disinfectant in its nature and more convenient to renew and retint than any other wall coating. The first.cost is no greater than for Inferior work, while renewals are more easily and cheaply made. The art of dentistry was introduced into New York by John Greenwood in 1788. He is said to have made the first artificial teeth ever manufactured in this country. The average amount of sickness in htiman life is 10 days’ per annum.