62 VETERINART DENTAL SURGERY. 



suspecting that the trouble was to be found in the 

 region of the canine teeth. A crucial incision with 

 the scalpel over the point of and down upon the tooth 

 is in most cases sufficient to cause the immediate sub- 

 sidence of the symptoms, after which the horse will 

 commence eating, and rapidly regain his natural 

 condition. 



Cases have come under my notice where the 

 tumefaction in the lower jaw seemed to involve the 

 incisor teeth, probably due to the close proximity of 

 the canine teeth in that jaw. The whole anterior 

 part of the jaw would become swollen and tumefied, 

 the lower lip hang pendulous, and the mouth kept 

 partially open, apparently for the purpose of reliev- 

 ing the pressure and admitting the cool air to the 

 parts. Febrile symptoms are present at times, with 

 a considerable rise of temperature, showing more or 

 less constitutional disturbance; the febrile symptoms 

 however, are usually only local and confined to the 

 parts affected. These symptoms soon subsided aftei 

 the canine teeth of that jaw had been cut down upon. 



Professor Percival says, (Hippopathology, Vol. 

 II, Part II, p. 226): 



"There was a time when, I must confess, I treated 

 the subject of dentition so lightly as to think that 

 horses never suffered or became disordered from such 

 a cause. Experience, however, has altered my opin- 

 ion. I can now in practice frequently discover young 



