A set of dentures that George Washington wore are kept at the Mount Vernon plantation house museum. The dentures are fashioned out of ivory and human teeth.
乔治•华盛顿戴过的一套假牙被保存在弗农庄园博物馆。这些假牙是用象牙和人牙制成的。
While historians note the "limitations of history" when sourcing Washington's human teeth back to the individuals they were taken from, written evidence shows Washington purchased teeth from slaves and made note of it in one of his ledgers.
在追溯这些人牙的主人时,历史学家指出这是“历史的局限性”,而书面证据显示,这些人牙是华盛顿从奴隶那里买来的,并在他的一本账簿上有所记载。
Slaves during the 18th century sometimes sold their teeth to dentists to make money. In 1784, Washington "paid several unnamed 'Negroes' ... 122 shillings for nine teeth, slightly less than one-third the going rate advertised in the papers," according to PBS.
在十八世纪,奴隶会将自己的牙齿卖给牙医来换钱。据美国公共广播公司报道,1784年,华盛顿“付给几个不知名的黑人122先令,换取了9颗牙齿,略低于报纸上刊登的人牙市场价格的三分之一”。
Washington likely then had the teeth implanted into his jaw in a surgical procedure common at the time.
之后华盛顿很可能将这些牙齿通过外科手术植入牙床,这在当时很普遍。
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