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Part IL 210 and afterward {liooteth out of the Mandibles and Goomees, and appeareth' {nit in young Children in the Fore, and then in the Dogs Teeth, and after {cure time in the great Teeth, which requii‘e'greater degrees of Perfection, The {oft and Mucous Rudiment, is feared in the lower Region and Roots of the Teeth, which are fafined to, the Mandible, by. the interpoiition of firong Ligaments 5 this tender princrple oi the Teeth, 18- clothed with a thin Scale, or rather With a Meinbranous Coat, enwrapping the tranfparent clammy Liquor, arraied in White, interlperfed With a blulh of Red, in which the rough draughts ( as Natures firft defigns) of VefTels may be dif. covered : V'Vherenpon this delicate Compage, being fqueei‘ed by a power. fill touch of the Fingers, doth emit fome fliew of Blood, after the manner of mulls of Fowls, not come to Maturity, whofe upper Region is rendred folid, but its loweris loft, which being {irongly comprelTed, doth fendforth drops of Blood. the mucous The l‘ducous and tender Rudiments of the Teeth, is Hri'c Confolidated 1"? Trill-ills in the Ambient parts, which are firft of all Concreted into Bone, and af‘°""'"‘" " terward the more inward receli‘es of the Mucous Matter are indurated, and iiiilglfll‘m‘v" minute Cavities left in the Teeth about the Gooms, and. reacheth ‘to the . . . i i the iiniurd Roots of the great Teeth, and are {carce Vifible in the lefler. pair. The inward Cavities of the Teeth are encircled with a thin Membranous m- int-said §:::v;i'li<é"cgl" Expanflon, confifiing of many fine Nervous Threads, the infirunienrsof iii-high Scnfation; and as the Mucuous matter being more and more Confolidated, the Teeth acquire greater Dimenfions, and their Roots do perforate tlie Membranous Cale, which afterward degenerates into a Ligament, fai'rning the Teeth to the Mandibles, to fecure them in their proper places for fu- Fart I l, thofe with fir inmummtilti)? are reputed Enemies to their quiet, and fecu~ ‘ , ieir beino or we ~ inc. ' 1: a mlThfe iburth ul‘evof Teeth infiifll' is to catch their Prey, and to detain it $12,??? ,5 till by degrees they can difpole it by Deglutition, \Eherf‘upon [Nature 1,3ch P‘igf" Lei. wifely provided, not only one Row, but divers ran 3 o . acct i, ionietime bcferting the Mandible, Palate, Tongue, and parts near t e entrance into the Gulet, to fecure live Filh caught in their Mouths, which elfe would leap out and quit their Confinement, were they not Violently fiezed by numerous Teeth, as lo many Engines darted into the bodies of thefe flippery .. Animals. ‘ , . amThlgiofiii and prime rife of the Teeth in Men, and more perfeft Animals, giggiggiflgr is ordained for the Mallication of Alimentin the Mouth, whereupon Nature grcfimnimm hath mof‘t prudently ordered divers kinds of Teeth~7 fome Incrfurs, which iiiitinflmiiiié are firli in Production, and are placed in the fore part of the Mouth, and mum do divide and cut the Aliment, and the greater Teeth, called by the Laa tines, Miler", feared in the fides, and hinder part of the Mouth, coniii'rinq of various unevennefs, of divers Cavrties, and ProminenCies, and being. adted with different Nlotions, made by. the feveral agitations of the lower Jaw, lifted up, and pulled down again by the temporal and digafirick Mufcles, and drawn backward and forward by the _Mufm,z fin-{gander Exterm', and Interni', whereupon the Meat is broken into finail Particles, and inoif‘tned with Saliva] Juice, to render it more fit for Concoéhon in the Stomach. ture tile, {peaking a great advantage to the fiipport of the Body. Tl‘ischtMrC The Teeth {peak an Ornament as well as Ufe, fubfervient to the whole Siniimomiim Body, as Infiruments to maintain it, and are rendred Graceful in the fine- CHAP. nefs of their Set, compofed in great variety, and elegant order, and are placed in a fit Decoruin, encircling in each Mandible a great part of the Mouth, beautifying it witha double rank, feared in the Upper and lower Jaw 5 and their Elegancy is very much accomplifhed in their white Array, III, 779a Tar/Jologie of the Teeth. Egiifitclofif and their Symmetry and Proportion is eminent, as they obferve alikenefs {fajg‘fi'gh and equality in each Jaw: In which, when they are duly modelled by Name, :33" ture, they aiifwer each other in an exact Similitude in reference to Number, o(pr iti- Magnitude, Figure, and Vefiels; and are different from all other Bones, gggg‘l‘vigjl‘" by realon their upper Region is not invei‘ted with any Membrane, and hath no Teriofiinm, which would give a trouble to Nature, as being a fine Con- texture, made up of Nervous Fribres; which being of an acute Senfe,‘ would highly difcompofe us in the motion of the Teeth, and hinder the due Comminution of Aliment in keeping the Teeth, from an immediate Contaét in Maliication. Trish)? The {econd rite of the Teeth, is to be Infiruments of Speech, which is "this im very confpicuous in thofe of the fore part of the Mouth, contributing very $211,131?" much to the Articulation of divers Letters, by giving a Hop to the expired Air, and by receiving the appulfes of the Tongue, Whereupon the fore Teeth either being ill fet in a diforderly Pofition, or being fallen or pulled out, the formation of our Words are rendred imperfect, whereby we left? the grace of our pronunciation in a Lifping Tone. :iiiiliiiiiiin The third uii? of the Teeth in Bruits, is to perform the Office of Wfa‘ athgrgpapgals pons (as in Lions, Dogs, Wolves, Bears , and the like) as Infiruments them. Of Nature, WhiCll is always Ambitious to preferve it (elf, by encountriné - tho He Teeth are fubjeét to divers Difaflreéiions of Colour, undue Dimena lions, Figure, Order, Laxity, and Shedding, Pains, and Gnafhing of Teeth. V _ A . . in, As to the alteration of Colour, they are frequently'difporled of their fiafgiifimIvory Whitenefs, and degenerate into an unnaturaI Yellow, Livid, and Instthctthu Black Colours, which proceed from nafiy Humours, adhering to the furface of the Teeth, diliobing them of their fine native hue, which is pro- duced alfo by foul Vapours arifing out of the Stomach, and from Humours defiilling out of the Termination of the Arteries, relating to the Grooms, and from the common ufe of Sugar, and other Sweets; and from frequent eating of Black Cherries, Mulberries, and other black Fruits, as alfo from Meat, and Broth boiled, and kept in Copper, and Brafs Vefiels, and from Mercurial Ointments, ufed in order to Salivation in Venereal Diftempers, and from Waihes prepared with Mercury, which Women ufe to Beautifie' their Faces, thereby rendring their Teeth disfigured wrth Blacknefs, which is alfo derived from Scorbutick, and Venereal Difiempers tainting the Blood, which is tranfmitred by {mall Capillary Arteries, i muaring themfelves into the cranies of the Teeth" V Theft |