Show MUMMIES By DR WILLIAM E E. E BARTON The They ma may have o died lied of ot but If It the tho so 80 embalmers re removed re- re moved mo the symptoms of ot it Jt Most lost of or the postmortem evidence e of or tho causa cause causo of ot death among ancient people has haa perished long ago But Butone Butone Butone one disease wo vo know the tho mummies had and that Is pyorrhea That disease of or tho gums is eald said to bo possessed now b by nine nIno out of ten human beings and to be present present pres pres- ent oven among savages So at least I 1 read In ln an Interesting book called Teeth and Health by Thomas J. J Ryan Han and Edwin 1 F F. Bowers Bowers Bowers Bow Bow- ers who seem to know much about tho the subject of ot teeth They tell us that a 0 great creat deal of ot I discomfort and some somo danger to I I h health alth and possibly life lite may bo ho averted If It people know how to taku tako l' l care of or their teeth Tho The mummies did not know any better but It would seem em that by J this wo ought to know wh what t I 1 Idid Idid did not not know until within a n. few tew years that the year sixth molar i. i which Is commonly sacrificed in childhood under the impression that it belongs ot tho the first set of teeth is of ot cr ery great Importance to tho the future of a n. child and I ought to Have very good attention Tho Timo book bool I have Just been reading reading read read- In ing seems to show In a n. very yen sensible way that neglect of ot teeth has Its Important relation to many serious diseases of ot heart and blood vessels I and kidneys and ami even en of ot the brain It costs so t tho the truth about matters and costs so vcr cr very much to be bo Ignorant about it It I cannot help thinking that the tho aver- aver ago man and Woman woman Is culpably ignorant In matters i relating elating to tho the teeth About tho time our toot hare haro gone wo begin to learn how wo wo we might havo saved them m and that Is true of ot 4 other ma matters beside teeth i It costs no more moro to learn when tho knowledge is of value alue It Is lit Ht- tb comfort to find out what might have hare been lIeen It is ls better to learn loam Vh when n f th tho knowledge o will do good i It will do no good to Instruct tho the mummies but there thero aro are some soma livIng 4 people who are aro not too dead to learn |