VI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



DENTAL CYSTS AND SUPERNUMERARY TEETH. PAOK 



Teeth growing in various parts of the Body. Some Cysts more Prolific 

 than others, Producing a Second, if not a Third, " Dentition." 

 Reports and Theories of Scientific Men. Cases of Third Dentition 

 in Human Beings 115 



. CHAPTER VII. 



HORSES' TEETH UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. 



The Dentinal Tubes, Enamel Fibers, and Cemental Canals Described 

 and Contrasted 130 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE PATHOLOGY OF THE TEETH. 



Importance of the Subject. Caries caused by Inflamed Pulps, Blows, 

 Virus, and Morbid Diathesis. Supernumerary Teeth and other 

 Derangements. Trephining the Sinuses. Gutta-Percha as a Fill- 

 ing. (.'leaning the Teeth.- A Diseased Fossil Tooth 136 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE DENTISTRY OF THE TEETH. 



Reports of Cases Treated by Various Surgeons. Gutta-Percha as a 

 Filling for Trephined Sinuses. Teeth Pressing against the Palate. 

 Passing a Probe through a Decayed Tooth. Death of a Horse 

 from Swallowing a Diseased Tooth 175 



CHAPTER X. 



FRACTURED JAWS. 



How Caused, and how to Distinguish an Abrasion of the Gums from a 

 Fracture of the Bone. Replacing an Eye.Amputating part of a 

 Lower Jaw, taking a Fractured Tooth and Bones out through the 

 Nostril, &c 194 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE TEETH AS INDICATORS OF AGE. 



Their various ways of Indicating Age. The ' Mark's" Twofold Use. 

 The Dentinal Star. Marks with too much Cement. Tricks of the 

 Trade. Crib-biting. Signs of Age Independent of the Teeth 203 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE TRIGEMINUS OR FIFTH PAIR OF NERVES. 



Its Nature and the Relation it bears to the Teeth. Its Course in the 

 Horse and in Man 216 



VOCABULARY 227 



APPENDIX. Recent Discoveries of Fossil Horses. Views of an Evo- 

 lutionist. Original Home of the Horse. Elephant Tooth-Germs. 

 Filling Children's Teeth 257 



INDEX 279 



SECOND APPENDIX., ,.293 



