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XXXIII. Tart of a Letter from Dr. Fred. Slare to 
Vr. Hans Sloane ; concerning a Ter Jon who had 
a new Set of Teeth after 80 Tears of Age • with 
fome OhferVations upon the Virtues and properties 
of Sugar. 
SIR , 
I Have had Reafon to give a great Chara&er of Sugar, 
on account of fome extraordinary effe&s it feem’d to 
have on my Grand-Father 40 Years fince. He made 
it his daily pra&ice to take or lick up as much Sugar as 
his Butter fpread upon Bread would receive, for his con- 
ftant Breakfaft, unlefs he happened to exchange it for 
Honey fometimes. He frequently fweetned his Ale and 
Beer with Sugar : He had Sugar put to all the Sauces he 
ufed with his Meat. He had all his Teeth in his Mouth 
at 80 Years, ftrong and firm $ never had any Pain or 
forenefs in his Gums, or Teeth 5 never refufed the hard- 
eft Cruft. In his 82d Year one of his Teeth dropt out, 
and foon after that a fecond, which he put into my 
Hand, and was one of the fore*Teeth : He bid me feel 
the Cavity, where I ftruck my Nail upon a Bone. In 
fhort, all his Teeth came out in two or three Years, 
and the young ones filled up their room : He had a 
new Set quite round. His Hair from a very candid white 
became much darker. He continued in good Health arid 
Strength, without any Difeafe, and dy’d in his 99th 
or 100th Year, of a Plethora , as I guefs, for want of 
Bleeding. This is no Romance : He was a Bedfordshire 
Gentleman of an old Englijh Family $ and the cafe well 
N n known*. 
