Death Caused by Swallowing Native Tooth-Stick

the man was not content with scrubbing his teeth and tonguo with his dantuni, but was in the habit of thrusting it back into the pharynx, in order to clear away any phlegm that might have collected there, and to excite the act of coughing to "blear his larynx. The wood generally preferred by natives for cleaning their teeth is the root of the pecloo (salvadora), or branches of the babar, or neem tree, but when these are not at hand, almost any tree that may be most readily procurable is mado use of. In the following case a branch of the common willow