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HISTOKY OF DENTAL SURGERY 45

illness, and at times it gave the indication that death was at hand. People
wlio retain their teeth the longest are generally the healthiest, the strongest,
the least liable to be sick and live the longest.
•'Some writers have mentioned that a careful examination of one's teeth
will reveal signs from which coming events can be foretold so that one's
future nuiv be revealed to him. It is somewhat astonishing that otherwise sane
v,-riters should be led into errors whose incorrectness experience has clearly
exposed."
OPERATIVE AND PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY.
The second part of the book is devoted to operations upon the teeth and to

Scaling Instrument.
Fig. 2. Mouth Syringe. Fig. 1. Ass's Snout.
Fig. 2. Holder for eaustlo. Fig. 2. Parrot 's Beak.
Fig. 3. Caustic stick. Fig. 3. 3-Cornered Chisel.
Fig. 4. Cauterizing Iron. Fig. 4. Knife.
Fig. 5. Z shaped Hook.

prosthesis. He very minutely describes the position of the patient and the
position of the operator in cases of cleaning the teeth from tartar, giving
different positions for the right or the left side, and for operations on the