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SHOWING THE AGE BY THE TEETH.]

THE HORSE'S MOUTH, SHOWING THE AGE BY THE TEETH.

CONTAINING A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE PERIODS WHEN THE TEETH ARE CUT; THE APPEARANCES THEY PRESENT; THE TRICKS TO WHICH THEY ARE EXPOSED; THE ECCENTRICITIES TO WHICH THEY ARE LIABLE; AND THE DISEASES TO WHICH THEY ARE SUBJECT.

BY EDWARD MAYHEW, M. R. C. V. S.

DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO THE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL OF The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons,

AND EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS COLOURED ENGRAVINGS FROM DRAWINGS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE WORK, AND TAKEN FROM AUTHENTICATED MOUTHS; WITH THIRTY-TWO WOOD-CUTS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LETTER-PRESS.

FOURTH EDITION.

LONDON: MESSRS. FORES, 41, PICCADILLY.

TO THE

PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL

OF THE

ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS,

THIS WORK

IS (BY PERMISSION) RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY THEIR OBLIGED AND

VERY OBEDIENT SERVANTS,

THE PUBLISHERS.

41, Piccadilly.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Page. Frontispiece--The Head of a Horse with the teeth exposed Nine months old, and 2 years old 70 Three years old, and 3 years off 80 Rising 4 years, and 4 years old 82 Rising 5 years, and 5 years old 94 Five years off, and 6 years off 96 Seven years off, and 8 years off 104 Twelve years old, and 20 years old 112 Sixteen years old, and 30 years old 120

WOOD CUTS.

Section of an incisor tooth 21 Arrangement of the substances composing a molar tooth 26 View of a molar tooth 29 A permanent and temporary incisor tooth 48 Molar tooth about to be shed 62 Molar tooth recently cut 62 Table of the 3 year old incisor tooth 79 Table of the 3 year off incisor tooth 79 Tables of the incisor teeth at 4 years off 85 Tables and arrangement of the incisor teeth rising 5 years 92 Tables and arrangement of the incisor teeth at 5 years old 95 Tables and arrangement of the incisor teeth at 6 years old 99 Tables and arrangement of the incisor teeth at 7 years off 103 Tables of the incisor teeth at 8 years off 106 Tables of the incisor teeth at 9 years old 109 Tables of the incisor teeth at 10 years old 110 Tables of the incisor teeth at 12 years old 112 Tables of the incisor teeth at 14 years old 112 Tables of the incisor teeth at 16 years old 115 Tables and arrangement of the incisor teeth at 28 years old 119 Tables and arrangement of the incisor teeth at 29 years old 120 Tables of the incisor teeth at 30 years old 121 Irregularity in the growth of the corner incisor tooth 140 A parrot mouth 147 Changes caused by a diseased tooth 175 Mr. Gowing's tooth forceps 183 The lever to ditto 184 The forceps, fixed 185 Mr. Gowing's framed chisel 188 Mr. Gowing's guarded chisel 190 Mr. Gowing's repeller for the guarded chisel 191 Mr. Gowing's lateral repeller for the guarded chisel 193