The rise, fall and revival of dental prosthesis . ce was intro-duced by the wife of a famous Tycoon, who thusdestroyed her beauty as a token of devotion to herlord and master. The tradition is silent as to thehusbands sentiments at thus exchanging a beauti-ful bride for an ugly wife. Another origin for this strange custom, whichat first prevailed with both sexes, is supposed tohave been the contract of the people of Japan withthe natives of Annam, who chew the betal-nutsand leaves for the purpose of discoloring theirteeth. This effect the Japanese were said to haveimitated by other means. What
The rise, fall and revival of dental prosthesis . ce was intro-duced by the wife of a famous Tycoon, who thusdestroyed her beauty as a token of devotion to herlord and master. The tradition is silent as to thehusbands sentiments at thus exchanging a beauti-ful bride for an ugly wife. Another origin for this strange custom, whichat first prevailed with both sexes, is supposed tohave been the contract of the people of Japan withthe natives of Annam, who chew the betal-nutsand leaves for the purpose of discoloring theirteeth. This effect the Japanese were said to haveimitated by other means. Whatever the origin,the custom has now almost disappeared exceptamong old fashioned people and in remote parts ofthe Empire.* *The author is obliged to Dr. J. Littlefield, who has charge of theS. S. White Dental Manfg. exhibit at the Columbian Exposition,for the above information. A grand display of Japanese dental instruments and workman-ship can be seen at the Chicago branch of the S. S. White DentalManufacturing Co. OF DENTAL PROSTHESIS. 287. 288 A work has recently been issued in the Japan-ese characters on operative dentistry by the emin-ent Japanese dentist Dr. J. Watanabe of Japanese have also a dental journal publishedin native characters and is issued in Tokio. American.—The following are appended, tomore fully complete the list of dental journals: Southern Journal of Medicine and in 1853-1854. Browns Dental Advertiser, Cincinnati. Edi-tor, J. M. Brown, 1854-1855. New York Dental Journal and Reporter, NewYork City. Editor, F. H. Norton. 1858-;860. Dental Science and Quarterly Art Journal, NewYork City. Editor, A. P. Merrill. 1875-1876. Odontographic Journal, Rochester, N. Y. Edi-tor, J. E. Line. 1879 ^. The Dental Brief, St. Louis. Editor, F. 1881-1882. The Western Dental Journal, Kansas , J. D. Patterson. 1886 . The Southern Dental Journal and the DentalLuminary have consolidated under the name of theSouthern Denta
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