The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

THE HEALTH BULLETIN. 259to mix with that food other thingsthan the saliva. The tooth commencesto pour pus (matter) into themouth to be mixed with the food. Thecavities in the tooth are splendid littlenests for the germs to live in andraise their large families. This pus,or decayed matter, and germs, beingmixed with the food, pass into thestomach and begin to attack thehealth.When one tooth after another isdecaj'edin this way you can see thatinstead of pure, wholesome food bein^taken up by the body all the time, poisonsare mixed with it, and after a timethe persons begin to wonder ichy theydo not feel tcell, and say they havestomach trouble, when in reality whatthey have is tooth trouble.To show you what decayed teethmean, we want to tell you of twentysevenboys and girls in Cleveland,Ohio, whose teeth were in very balcondition.These twenty-seven little girls andboys were not doing well in theirschool work, and it was determiaed tosee what effect the substitution ofgood teeth for bad teeth would haveon backward children. So each ofthem was put in the care of a gooddentist and his teeth restored to asnear good teeth as was possible. Afterthis was done a test of their schoolwork was made and compared withtheir previous school work. This testshowed that all of them had improved99.8 per cent. In other words, thesechildren were ablewith good teeth todo just twice as well as they did withbad ones.Now, the care of the teeth is not ahard matter. It means only a littlehabit of cleanliness which, after it isacquired, will never be neglected andwhich will repay you many, manytimes.If you are not in the habit of brushingyour teeth,start today, have yourtoothbrush where you will see it beforeyou night and morning, but especiallyat night, for no one should evergo to bed with dirty teeth.In using the brush, in addition tobrushing it back and forth across theteeth, you should brush from the gumsdown on the upper row and from thegums up on the lower row. This isimportant, for in this way we removethe food that is between the teeth.Too much brushing of the teeth isnot only unnecessary, but may beharmful, by irritating the gums.Brushing the teeth night and morningis enough.In spite of the best care that yougive your teeth, there will be timeswhen little spots of decay appear, andfor this reason It is important thateveryone have a good dentist examinethe teeth once or twice every year inorder to discover these little decayedplaces and take care of them at once,and so prevent them from becomingcavities.Your father or mother sometimesmay forget that it is time that yourteeth need looking at, and often w-illforget to notice whether you havecleaned them; so you must learn tothink of these things yourself, for theyare, after all, your teeth, given youfor your use. Bulletin St. LouisHealth Department.Iowa has a new law regarding thereporting ofcases of venereal disease.Failure to comply with the regulationsmakes the physician liable to a fine ofone hundred dollars, thirty days' imprisonment,and revocation of hislicense.Different Complaint"I believe I will run down to EurekaSprings.""Week end?""No; rheumatism."