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IN a letter to NATURE for May 17, on “The Teeth and Civilisation,” the writer advances a theory to account for the great prevalence of decay of the teeth at the present day, and concludes that Dr. Wilberforce Smith's investigations show that “the ancients enjoyed a perfect set of teeth till advanced years, and modern savages enjoy the same blessing.”
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MUMMERY, J. The Teeth and Civilisation. Nature 50, 123–124 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050123c0
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