Word: saliva
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Shirley Anne kissed the head for a television audience, and hustling video men, seeing that moisture was being recorded on the studio screens, breathlessly described it as the first "spiritual manifestation" in television history. A local Unitarian minister wondered: Could it have been saliva from the girl's lips? The head was porous and had been left outdoors: Had it been exuding moisture? Shirley Anne had her own simple answer: "God made it cry for some reason." The chancellor of the Syracuse Diocese was cautious; as others had done, he conceded that moisture seemed to show on St. Anne...
...exact cause of tooth decay has always puzzled dentists. Researchers have recently looked with the deepest suspicion at Lactobacillus acidophilus, a germ found in saliva. Thus far, the most practical weapon against the germ, which apparently attacks the teeth from the outside, has been fluorine, introduced into the enamel as the teeth are being formed...
...seem surprised that the application of saliva removes warts [TIME, Aug. 2]. I know this to be a fact, as I have removed some from myself, and have been instrumental in removing several from others...
There is one necessary detail which must have been overlooked by Dr. Inman when he treated the eight-year-old boy unsuccessfully: saliva must be applied before brushing the teeth, and before eating anything. As my informant, an ancient German barber, told me: "Schpittle iss purrzon...
...store, halve it, touch each wart with the raw surface, 'and then bury the potato in the backyard by the light of the full moon - all in the greatest secrecy." Those warts went away, too. The doctor cured an adult of a shin wart by having him apply saliva with his finger...