The teeth, in relation to beauty, voice and health. Being the result of twenty years' practical experience and assiduous study to produce the full development and regularity of those essential organs / by John Nicholles.

  • Nicholles, John.
Date:
1833
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Credit: The teeth, in relation to beauty, voice and health. Being the result of twenty years' practical experience and assiduous study to produce the full development and regularity of those essential organs / by John Nicholles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the circle of the upper within itself when the mouth was perfectly closed; at such times the nose and chin nearly met, and the face, though every feature, separately considered, was really beautiful, yet assumed the appearance of old age. Many professional gentlemen were con- sulted, but all declined interfering in a case, the attempt to remedy which was perfectly novel, and which certainly held out no great promise of eventual success. The anxiety and mortifi- cation of the mother had increased with the daughter’s years, and had at last become ex- cessive, the rather as, under the influence of these irritable feelings, she attributed the young lady’s continued celibacy to this un- happy mal-formation. Regret too for her own neglect might probably have had its share in producing this excitement, for it was evident enough, without the confirming testimony of any practitioner, that all this misery might have been avoided by proper attention at an early period.