14 FEBRUARY 1936, Page 21

UNBITTEN [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.

SIR,-14ke you, I am somewhat surprised at the number of human bites treated at the Pasteur Institutes. I should' say that these are mostly inflicted by alleged criminals, or by lunatics. I have never heard of a dentist being bitten by a patient, other than to a very slight and trivial extent. Indeed, it is possible for me tolave quite a busy day without actually putting my fingers into a patient's mouth. Instruments only.

L. T.