Note (3) — CANTO FIRST.
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“The teeth furnish very considerable characteristics of scrofulous habits. Either they are badly formed as to their common outline; their surfaces are corrugated and discolored; or, if they be well shapen individually, their enamel is very thin, and preternaturally white; and the spaces between the teeth are unusually wide. It is a wise precaution to observe the teeth of nurses; for I should always question the fitness of a wet nurse, with a bad set of teeth, however other circumstances may be in her favor.” (View of the Alimentary Organs, by Thomas Hare, London, 1821, p. 228.)