War of 1812 (1812-1815) A Musket Ball in His Mouth

“In the course of the action a New York volunteer named Wm. Holmes, from Ontario county, received a musket ball in his mouth which shattered several of his teeth.” Brown, Samuel R., An Authentic History of the Second War for Independence, 1815, p. 200 Tunis, Edwin....

Mexican American War (1846-1848) Sound Beautiful Teeth

“We remember numbers who went to the Mexican war with sound and beautiful teeth, and returned within a year or two with most of them destroyed, and in some cases entirely so, and almost all much diseased.” Taft, Johnathan, The Influence of Camp Life Upon the Teeth in...

World War I (1914-1918) Morning “Tooth-Brush” Drills

“They have a regular “tooth-brush” drill every morning…It was true and sure a great sight to see 150 men in line with cup, tooth-brush, and paste or powder in hands ‘cleaning up’ in a way that had been entirely unknown to most of them a few months ago, for by a...
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