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To the Animal Economy. 179
functions of the teeth, it becomes deranged and a tfian of evil
consequences follow.
" The importance of the teeth is such, that they deserve
our utmost attention, as well with respect, to the preservation
of them when in their healthy state, as to the methods of
curing them when, diseased. They require this attention, not
only for the preservation of them, as organs useful to the body,
but also on account of the other parts with which they are
connected ; for diseases of the teeth are apt to produce
diseases in the neighboring parts, frequently of very serious
consequences." Hunter, page 131.
The teeth are essential to articulation.
•'If the great distinctive attribute of man be the faculty of
speech, that speech can never be complete or perfect, without
two arches of teeth to modulate the sound and give proper
utterance to the words. Indeed, it is obvious to every one,
that when the teeth are lost, the speech becomes imperfect,
and often scarcely intelligible.
"This circumstance makes them valuable beyond measure
to a public speaker, and their preservation ought to meet due
attention from those who wish to shine, either in the senate,
at the bar, or in the pulpit.
"Without these instruments of utterance, the graces of
eloquence are lost, and the power of impressing the mind or
convincing the understanding, if not destroyed, is considera-
bly diminished." L. S. Pannly's Lectures, page 42.
A loss of the teeth is not only injurious to the general sys-
tem, but it produces sad deformity.
" In consequence of the complete, or even partial ruin of the
teeth, the face shrinks, the voice looses its harmony, and the
pronunciation is very imperfect. The countenance assumes
a different expression, is hard or morose ; the flesh of the
cheeks flag and hang down, and wrinkles prematurely fur-
row the face. The mouth and nose also change ; the chin
seems to be longer and approaches much nearer the latter
To the Animal Economy. 179
functions of the teeth, it becomes deranged and a tfian of evil
consequences follow.
" The importance of the teeth is such, that they deserve
our utmost attention, as well with respect, to the preservation
of them when in their healthy state, as to the methods of
curing them when, diseased. They require this attention, not
only for the preservation of them, as organs useful to the body,
but also on account of the other parts with which they are
connected ; for diseases of the teeth are apt to produce
diseases in the neighboring parts, frequently of very serious
consequences." Hunter, page 131.
The teeth are essential to articulation.
•'If the great distinctive attribute of man be the faculty of
speech, that speech can never be complete or perfect, without
two arches of teeth to modulate the sound and give proper
utterance to the words. Indeed, it is obvious to every one,
that when the teeth are lost, the speech becomes imperfect,
and often scarcely intelligible.
"This circumstance makes them valuable beyond measure
to a public speaker, and their preservation ought to meet due
attention from those who wish to shine, either in the senate,
at the bar, or in the pulpit.
"Without these instruments of utterance, the graces of
eloquence are lost, and the power of impressing the mind or
convincing the understanding, if not destroyed, is considera-
bly diminished." L. S. Pannly's Lectures, page 42.
A loss of the teeth is not only injurious to the general sys-
tem, but it produces sad deformity.
" In consequence of the complete, or even partial ruin of the
teeth, the face shrinks, the voice looses its harmony, and the
pronunciation is very imperfect. The countenance assumes
a different expression, is hard or morose ; the flesh of the
cheeks flag and hang down, and wrinkles prematurely fur-
row the face. The mouth and nose also change ; the chin
seems to be longer and approaches much nearer the latter
