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the external surface of the gums opposite the lower 

 molars. These sharp projections were removed 

 with the tooth shears. The animal although much 

 emaciated, rapidly gained in flesh, and when last 

 heard from was doing well. 



Case ii. A brown mare, the property of 



Mr. , Bangor, Michigan, to which I had my 



attention directed, had suffered from a diseased 

 mouth for two years (she being at the time seven 

 years old). There was a constant dripping of a 

 ropy saliva, presenting a disagreeable odor, accom- 

 panied by great emaciation. An examination of the 

 mouth found the fifth and sixth molar teeth of both 

 upper and lower jaw similar to those in case i, the 

 inclination of the sixth molars being much more 

 marked than in the fifth. The sixth molars of both 

 jaws were cut close to the gums while the fifth were 

 dressed down even with the teeth in front of them. 

 Extraction of the sixth molars is preferable in cases 

 where the teeth in front of them retain their natural 

 position. 



* There is in the museum of the College at 

 Alfort, a horse's head in which this deformity may 

 be seen in its greatest degree. The tables of the 

 teeth at the right side form planes so much inclined 

 that they close together like the blades of shears. 

 As there was no friction to wear the teeth down, 



* Clark, Horses' Teeth, Page 142, 



