ORAL HYGIENE
Recent excavations have revealed
The very first toothbrushes
Oral hygiene, Egyptian style
Five thousand years old ‘Crestwells’
Ever since then, mankind has used
Tree twigs and roots; birds feathers
All manner of organic tools
From porcupine quills to bones
Roots and twigs of ‘Arak’ tree, had
Antiseptic qualities
While Baking Soda; Chalk, rubbed in
Has served as toothpaste for years
Those synthetic, man-made fibres
Used in toothbrushes today
Replaced the natural products
Back in Nineteen Thirty Eight
And then in Two Thousand and Three
Toothbrush voted Number One
Invention that Americans
Couldn’t live their lives without
I think the evolution of the toothbrush is really interesting ... and so is your Magpie!
ReplyDeleteAmazing evolution - and agree with the number 1 thing we can not live without....thanks for sharing all the info....bkm
ReplyDeletenice Magpie!
ReplyDeleteInteresting info Mr Historian. Of course, we really needed a heavy duty tooth cleaner after we refined sugar. Good value post!
ReplyDeleteThanks to:
ReplyDeleteHelen; I thought they'd been around a lot longer.
BKM; That was in 2003 - now it's dentures ;)
Gabriela; Good of you to visit.
Stafford; Sugar has so much to answer for.
Yep - gotta have that toothbrush!
ReplyDeleteThanks AngelMay; And brush regularly.
ReplyDeleteyeah, i dont think i could do without mine...b/c then my wife would not kiss me...lol.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian; That's why we can't live withoit them.
ReplyDeleteI love this poetic history - and about a toothbrush. Nifty!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tumblewords; An item we take for granted.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good lesson...I'll remember this! Can't live without? hmmm...flushing??
ReplyDeleteDelightful history of the toothbrush!
ReplyDeleteWell, I always thought the toothbrush was an important product and your time line convinced me. I know I can't do without mine.
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ReplyDeleteLyn; Ah yes... convenient...
Willow; Courtesy of Wikepedia.
RNSANE; Me too, but don't mention the dentist...
Nice history lesson! We can' do without our toothbrushes, and no one would want us to. Keep on brushin'.
ReplyDeleteNice. You've just gotta love these new-fangled inventions, don't you?
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ReplyDeleteLinda; Use it or lose them.
PattiKen; Technology we can all keep up with.