Betel-Nut Chewers
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WORD from Henry Dexter; I'm inclined to agree with “Salamaua” on the betel-chewing question. Our Eas tern Papuan natives were about the most intelligent of the many races of which I have had experience. This does not go to show that the chewing made them so, but that it did not affect the brain ad versely.
I shall always give betel one testimonial.
When the dreadful epidemic of mouth disease broke out in the division then known as the S. Eastern, in 1915, the betel-chewers were not affected. The non-chewers gave us an anxious time.