VETERINARY DENTAL SURGERY. Ill 



about half an hour the horse got up, but seemed 

 quite weak for a few minutes. He quickly recovered 

 however, and took his feed as usual that evening. 

 He did very well, and I left for the West a short 

 time afterwards, expecting to find him all right on 

 my return, but much to my disappointment there 

 was a slight discharge from a small sinus, which 

 extended up towards the first molar. The tooth on 

 examination by the mouth showed no evidence of 

 disease. The horse was again cast and the tooth 

 removed. No ulceration was present, but inflamma- 

 tion of the periodental membrane was well marked 

 which would undoubtedly have resulted in ulcera- 

 tion. Recovery took place very slowly, but per- 

 manently. The wound could not be dressed on 

 account of the viciousness of the horse. 



"In cases of the above nature I should advise a 

 complete operation at the first attempt, removing all 

 the diseased teeth and bones, as horses invariably get 

 very nervous and hard to handle after a second opera- 

 tion, and it is impossible to give them the care they 

 require." 



C. E. Sayre, D. V. S., relates the following case 

 of an exostosis situated on an incisor tooth : 



"I had a case of exostosis on the left lateral upper 

 incisor, as large as a good sized hickory nut. The 

 tooth itself was very soft, in fact appeared to be only 

 made up of crusta-petrosa, and had worn away almost 



