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Show DECAYED TEETH ARE MENACE TO HEALTH Assistant County Physician Exhibits Two Aged Men to Emphasize Point to Commissionors. The Hirniiro of had tueth to human health was clramatii-ally callod to the nttentiori of the county commissioners vrMtiTilav afternoon by Assistant t'ounty I'lnsiciaii ('. A. Wherry. Ir. Whorrv led before the boanl two ace. I men, apparently each in a seri-im?v seri-im?v impaire.l state of health. Ho explained ex-plained that niediral men are somewhat Honi'i'Hllv agreed that many cases of human suffering from rheumatism and kindred diseases arc duo wholly to ulcerated ul-cerated teeth. The argument was advanced by Dr. Wherry that there was need for a dentist den-tist in the county's medical service, that cases of had' health attributable to decaying teeth niijht be cured for by a person competent, to deal with them. The matter was referred to Dr. 0. X. Kay, acting county physician, for iu-. iu-. aestivation and report. |