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VETERINARY DENTAL SURGERT. 



tion in that animal and will not again take up the 



subject. 



The pig has forty-four teeth which are divided 



into twelve incisors, four canines, and twenty-eight 

 molars. 



The incisors, six in each jaw, 

 exhibit very remarkable differ- 

 ences. The pincers (central) and 

 the intermediate (lateral) of the 

 upper jaw, offer by their form 

 and the cavity they show on 

 their table, some analogy to 

 those of the horse. In the lower 

 jaw these teeth are straight di- 

 rected forward, and bear some 

 resemblance to the incisors of 

 rodents. The corner incisors of 

 both jaws are isolated between 

 the intermediate (lateral) and ca- 

 nine teeth, and are not nearly so 

 large as the other incisors. 



The tusks are very well de- 

 veloped, particularly in the male, 

 and cross each other during the 

 life of the animal. The canines 

 FJ( . I2 are, as it were, self -sharpeners. 



Upper teeth of the In opening and closing the jaws ? 

 p i g, table surface. 



they glide against one another, 



