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There was such a time for teeth. Read about George Washington's dentures. I like The Oatmeal's take embedded in their explorarion of the backfire effect. [1]
by dzdt 8y ago
There was such a time for teeth. Read about George Washington's dentures. I like The Oatmeal's take embedded in their explorarion of the backfire effect. [1] But you can go on a google run; it was common for upper class gentlemen at that time to use human teeth in dentures, bought from the poor or even forcibly extracted from slaves.
[1] http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
- devchix 8y agoFantine in Les Misérables sold her hair and then her teeth to pay for medicine for Cosette. It was her last recourse for money before falling into prostitution. A detail in a work of fiction, but not a stretch to believe it's drawn from real life.