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It is owing to the scarcity of literature devoted to 

 the principal operations of veterinary dentistry, and 

 the belief that such a work will be favorably received 

 by the veterinary profession at large, that the author 

 attempts this volume. With an extended experi- 

 ence as a veterinary dentist, and scattering articles 

 which have appeared upon the subject from time to 

 time, the bringing together of these into a single 

 volume cannot fail to be productive of good results, 

 in the placing upon a scientific basis this most neg- 

 lected division of veterinary surgery. 



It is designed for practical stockmen as well as for 

 students and practitioners, hence technical terms have 

 been avoided as much as possible. 



Scientific veterinary dentistry is yet in its in- 

 fancy. While operations upon the teeth of horses 

 have been performed for many years, the humane 

 method of handling horses' mouths and operating for 

 diseases of that cavity has been confined to the last 

 fifteen years. 



The author has drawn from various works, 

 notably those of Williams, Percival, Owen, Chau- 

 veau, Clark and Parreidt. Also others which have 

 received credit where the quotations appear. 



