120 DENTITION OB DIFFICULT TEETHING. 



CHAPTER V. 



DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 



Dentition or Difficult Teething. 



THE cutting or shedding of the teeth, and especi- 

 ally of the tushes, is sometimes attended with con- 

 siderable disorder of the body. The animal either 

 will not eat his food, or he has pain and difficulty in 

 chewing it ; the body grows thin ; bowels are out of 

 order ; humors may break out in the skin, and there 

 may be cough and slight fever present. The gum is 

 hot, painful, and swelled. 



TREATMENT. Give the SPECIFIC for FEVER, A A, 

 fifteen drops three times per day. This soon relieves 

 the feverish irritation, and the tooth-usually makes its 

 way quiety to the surface. Nicking the gum direct- 

 ly over the tooth in the form of a cross is sometimes 

 beneficial. If tet-th are very slow in coming, 

 showing an evident deficiency of bony deposit, an 

 oyster shell burned to lime, and broken or ground in 

 his feed, will promote the growth and production of 

 bone and be of service. 



