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![[Mr. Cuniiiiigluun showed si besiutiful set of slides exhilsitiiig— 1. A tooth sMid its com})onent psirts. 2. How, Avheii, siiid where the teeth sire built up. 3. The temporary teeth iiud the eoiisequeuee of their preuisiture reiiiovsd or undue retention. 4. 4’he pernuinent teeth, and the necessity of special attention to the tirst molar. 5. The complete denture, how it is spoilt or ruined by decay or caries, and indiscriminate extractions. 0. Causes of decay, its progress and its ultimate effects. 7. Tartar and its effects on the teeth and gums. 8. The effect of smoking on the teeth. 0. “ Painless and perfect dentistry.”] In a discussion on the “ Compidsory Attention to the Teeth of School Children ” so ably advanced by Mr. Fisher before the British Dental Association in 1887, I advocated the publication of a work on “ Physiology and Hygiene ” as a kind of advanced Reader for school children. Such a Reader would, of course, include chapters on the formation and care of the teeth. This is a subject which might also he included in the scope of that most excellent adjunct to our educational institutions, namely, the National Home Reading Union. Finally, I would direct attention to a remark made by Sir Morcll j\Iackenzie, when presiding at a lecture to some 750 men and women in the Royal Victoria Hall, namely, “ that a judicious exposition of the treatment and the decay of the teeth, if acted on by the masses, would ” prohiihly do more to improve the national health than many more. “ ambitious designs.” Mr. Lltiiihy i>roposed, alid Di‘. Baity Seconded, the following Ile-fo- ixtiuH, which was carried by acclamation :—“ That the corilial thanks “ of this Section he conveyed to Professor Vilauova y Piera of Madrid, “ Dr. Hewitt of Minnesota, U.S.A., and Dr. Guillaume of Berne, for “ A iduahle Avorks relating to matters connected AVith the Public Health, “ Avhich they had presented to the Congress.”](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28045476_0260.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
