Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 464
terously. However, the stock-in-trade of aJapanese dentist chiefly consists of the proper use ofhis finger and thumb. The most strongly-rooted toothinvariably gives way to this instrument. A Japanesedentist has only to apply his fingers to a tooth, and outthat tooth comes on the instant. It is… … Workers with nails which are more firmly rooted than the realteeth themselves. When I had gathered my team together by the helpof my right-hand ally, Inchie, after having chosen thebest of them from every branch of art, they continuedto go on well and assiduously, and the decorations ofmy house…
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