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RPM1
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:44 pm
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Before all-porcelain teeth were perfected in the mid nineteenth century, dentures were commonly made with teeth pulled from the mouths of dead soldiers following a battle. Teeth extracted from the cadavers of U.S. Civil War soldiers were shipped to English dentists by the barrel.
Mary
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:44 pm
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On Jul 27, 8:44 am, "RPM1" <r...@deletemeearthlink.net> wrote:
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Before all-porcelain teeth were perfected in the mid nineteenth century, dentures were commonly made with teeth pulled from the mouths of dead soldiers following a battle. Teeth extracted from the cadavers of U.S. Civil War soldiers were shipped to English dentists by the barrel.

The eewwww post of the day. :)

BTW, we here at Rancho McHugh prefer the term "inconsequential trivia"
over "useless knowledge".

Mary
 
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