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makes the most hideous noises possible. When the women have been sufficiently scared, 'Mum bo ' seizes the chief offender, ties her to a tree, and scourges her with Mumbo's rod, amidst the derision of all present. Mumbo is not an idol, any more than the American Lynch, but one disguised to punish unruly wives."

R. A. POTTS. Speldhurst, Canterbury.

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DENTISTS (12 S. ii. 64). May I supplement MR. BLEACKLEY'S valuable list by the following dentists who attended members of the royal family ? I append authority in each case.

Mr. Rae was dentist to the households of H.M. George III. and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. He resided in Hanover Street, and was a member of the Corporation of Surgeons (Surgeons' Lists, 1786).

Mr. Thomas Beardmore was Surgeon Dentist to His Majesty. He resided in Raquet Court, Fleet Street (Surgeons' Lists, 1778).

Dr. von Butchell was another of the King's dentists. He resided in Mount Street. He seems to have been of the nature of a quaok, for he undertook to cure all diseases. After his appointment (which he had applied for) as King's dentist, he had the audacity to, declare that he did not care to attend royalty (' London Souvenirs,' by C. W. Heckethorn, 1899).

S. D. CLIPPINGDALE, M.D.

MR. ALECK ABRAHAMS has pointed out to me that I have made no mention of M. Patence, " Surgeon and Dentist and Dancing Master," who was a contemporary of Hemet ,nd Ruspini, and he has lent me very kindly n interesting pamphlet, entitled :

" A Guide to Health, Beauty, Riches, and Honour. The Second Edition. London. Printed for Hooper & Wigstead. No. 212 High Holborn. 1796,"

from which I have taken the following -advertisements :

" MB. PATENCE, Dentist and Dancing-master, No. 8, Bolt Court, Fleet-Street, whose ingenuity in making artificial teeth, and fixing them without "the least pain, can be attested by several of the nobility, and hopes to be honoured by the rest of the great may depend his study shall be -devoted to the good of every individual. His whole sets, with a fine enamel on, is a proof of his excelling all operators. He charges ten guineas for a whole, five for an upper or under set, and half-a-guinea for a single tooth. His Rose Powder for preserving the teeth, is worthy to grace and perfume the chamber of a prince. His medicines lor preventing all infections and sore throats have been experienced by several. As for dancing, he IMVI'S that to the multitude of ladies and gentle- men whom, he has taught, and desires to be rewarded no more than his merit deserves, nor no

less. Public school-nights, Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings ; Tuesday evenings set apart for cotillons only. N.B. Ills Rose Dentifrice may be had at Mr. Nesbit's Toy-shop, Bishopsgate St., and at hishouse,at 2s. 6d. the box." Gazetteer, Dec. 27, 1771.

" TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY AND OTHERS.

"PATENCE, Surgeon by Birth, and Dentist, having had ten years' practice, performs every operation on the Teeth, Gums, &c., with superior skill, and whose cures are not excelled or even equalled by any dentist whatever. And as a confirmation of the same, please to observe the following :

" October 5. A gentleman who had lost all his teeth, his gums ulcerated and scorbutic, in five days made a perfect cure, fixed him in a whole set of natural teeth, without springs or any fastening.

" October 16. A lady whose jaw was fractured by a barber, her teeth loose, her gums ulcerated, attended with a running matter, and an inflam- mation in her cheeks, with a callous swelling, cured without poulticing or cutting.

" October 20. A lady that had lost all her upper teeth by using powders and tinctures that are advertised to cure every thing, her mouth ulcerated and breath nauseous, is now delicately clean, and replaced the teeth with those that never change their colour.

" Sunday, October 29. Perfectly relieved a person that had lost both palate and speech ; when he drank or eat, it came out at his nostrils, and had been in that state three years ; he applied to surgeons and several hospitals, who deemed him incurable, and told him one and all, he could have no relief; he now speaks, articulates, eats and drinks with pleasure, which if any one should doubt, he can refer them to the man. These, with upwards of three thousand operations and cures, have been accomplished by your humble servant.

" M. PATENCE.

" At No. 403, in the Strand, near Southampton- street, LONDON. Where the teeth, though ever so foul, are made delicately white in six minutes, and medicines given for their preservation, for half-a- guinea, any hour after ten in the morning. Ad- vice gratis, and profound secrecy required.

" Envy may snarl, but superior abilities assists the afflicted." Morn. Post. 1775.

Patence, however, scarcely appears to have been in the same class as Hemet and Ruspini. HORACE BLEACKLEY.

"GAXOCHE": " COTTE " (12 S. i. 429, 478). I am obliged to SIR WILLOUOHBY MAYCOCK for the reference to Vlnter- mediaire, vol. xlvi., particularly as that happens to be one of the few volumes of a valuable publication of which I am the happy possessor. It is rather surprising that Daudet's statement as to galoche should have demanded so much elucidation from his compatriots.

Naturally, I did not fail to consult dic- tionaries before intruding my difficulties on ' N. & Q.,' and I am a little astonished to find that the word cotte is in familiar use. It is mentioned as being " obsoL" in Hamilton