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whole tooth to analysis at once. The following table shows his 

 results. 



Animal Phosphate Carbonate 



matter. of lime. of lime. 



Tooth of a child aged 1 day, 35 . 51 . 14- 



Of a child aged 6 years, 28'57 . 60-01 . 11-42 



Of an adult man, .29 .61 .10 



Of a man aged 80 years, 33 . 66 1 



Of an Egyptian mummy, 29 . 55-5 . 15*5 



Front teeth of a rabbit, 31-2 . 59-5 . 9-3 



Molar of a rabbit, 28-4 . 63-7 . 7-8 



Molar of a rat, . 30-6 . 65-1 . 5-3 



Molar of a boar, . 29'4 . 63 . 6-8 



Tusk of a boar, . 26-8 . 69 . 4-2 



Tusk of hippopotamus, 25-1 . 72 . 2-9 



Front tooth of a horse, 31-8 . 58-3 . 10 



Molar of a horse, 29-1 . 62 . 8-9 



Front tooth of an ox, 28 . 64 8 



Teeth of an orycteropus, 27-3 . 65-9 . 6-8 



Teeth of a gavial, 30-3 . 61-6 8-1 



Teeth of a viper, . 30 . 76-3 . 3-2 



Poisonous tusks of viper, 21 . 73-8 . 5 



Teeth of a carp, . 28 . 49- 16 



Mr Pepys* made some analyses of teeth many years ago, which 

 it will be worth while to state. 



From the enamel of the human tooth he obtained, 



Phosphate of lime 78 

 Carbonate of lime, 6 



Loss and water, 16 



100 

 From the ivory of the teeth he got, 



Roots of Teeth of Milk 



the teeth. adults. teeth. 



Phosphate of lime, 58 64 62 



Carbonate of lime, 466 



Cartilage, 28 20 20 



Loss, . 10 10 12 



100 100 100 



* Fox on the Teeth, p. 96. 



