The teeth of ten Sioux Indians / by Wilberforce Smith.

  • Smith, Wilberforce.
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The teeth of ten Sioux Indians / by Wilberforce Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The following succession. are the results in tabular form and in age- YOUNGER GROUP. Good Son 15 years 4 mol. 4 premol. pairs ; Good Shot 20 „ (appa- rently, or younger). 4 )) )) Good Elk 20 years 4 » 4 » » Lily Boy 20 „ 6 „ 4 „ „ Bringset 21 „ 6 „ 4 „ » Cusps but little worn. Teeth comparatively little worn. Cusps worn down. r Cusps but little worn. Incisors (_ rather crowded. Teeth mostly worn down. MIDDLE AGED GROUP. Little Bear .. 39 years G mol. 4 premol. pairs Dusps on wisdom teeth only. Cusps on left uppor wisdom tooth and Good Eagle .. 39 „ 6 „ 4 » » 1 remainsof cusps on premolar teeth. Little Wolf .. 40 „ 4 „ 4 )> ,) Cusps retained on right upper molar only. Good Boy 40 ,, (about) 6 „ 4 ,, )> Cusps worn down. Teeth much worn down. Plenty Wounds 50 „ (ap- parently). 0 i) 4 » >> No information would be added by giving the sides of the mouth separately, for they were in every case uniform. Wisdom teeth are seen to be wanting in three out of five men of the age of twenty and under, just as might be observed \ amongst our own countrymen of similar age. And two pairs of molars are wanting in one man (“Little Wolf”) whose age was I stated to be forty; it appeared probable that he had never * possessed complete wisdom teeth. Numerical comparison with the teeth of civilised persons can |. be readily made. Hitherto I have recorded and in part pub- '*■ lished the results of examining some 300 consecutive cases of dwellers in London, wholly unconnected, excepting one set of out- patients, with medical or dental practice. Amongst these London I inhabitants, the essential modifying condition is age. And it V occurs conveniently, that eight out of the ten Indians can be divided into two age groups. Against the four younger men of 20 to 21 years, I have arranged all the London inhabitants of the same age, viz., nineteen consecutive cases (none being