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manship known at the present day/ we cannot but be struck with the
great superiority of the Etruscan appliances. It is therefore probable

Fig. 10

Fig. II

Fig. 12

Dentures in terra-cotta, such as the Etruscans used to present to their divinities as votive
offerings in order to be cured, or after having been cured of dental mahidies.
liis hook
' Dr. Cigrand in I he Rise, Fall, and Revival of Dental Prosthesis, after having
spoken of the I'h(cnician dental appliance described in Renan's work, adds: "There are
scores of specimens of Phu-nician dental art in home collections and also at the Columbian
World's Pair." However, until these specimens of Phcunician dental art are described and
their origin is exactly known, their authenticity will always remain a matter of doubt.
[Cigrand is in error. The specimens he speaks of were mainly imagined.—W. H. Trueman.]