Our teeth : how to take care of them / by Victor C. Bell ; with an introduction by Ossian H. Lang.

  • Bell, Victor C. (Victor Charles), 1867-
Date:
[1901], ©1901
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Credit: Our teeth : how to take care of them / by Victor C. Bell ; with an introduction by Ossian H. Lang. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    Have you ever watched a robin hunt for his breakfast? He runs along on the grass until he spies a fat earthworm. He picks up the worm, swallows it alive and is all ready to look for another. Even the baby robins eat worms right down wThole. They do not need to chew their food, for they have bits of sand and tiny gravel- stones in their gizzards that cut and grind the worms and bugs into very small pieces. Many birds eat gravel and sand for cut- ting up and grinding their food to get it ready for digestion. That is why birds pick up bits of gravel and swallow them as if they liked them. We should think we were pretty badty off if we had to eat a spoonful of sand every day. So we have teeth to help us cut our food into small pieces instead, and we are