CANTO THIRD.
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ARGUMENT.
Apostrophe to Luxury;—its effects on general health.—Intemperance in eating and drinking.—Use of animal food.—Effects of luxury and intemperance on the teeth.—Cleanliness; neglect of it punished by gangrene of the teeth, and other diseases.—Fate of Urilla occasioned by her carelessness.—Caries, or decay of teeth.—The tooth-ache.