188 VETERINARY DENTAL SURGERT. 



attempt was made to remove the teeth with forceps 

 but failed of success. Trephining was resorted to 

 and the tooth was driven out with a punch. 



The sides of the fifth tooth were partially cov- 

 ered by a deposition of earthy material, clearly 

 showing that the disease must have existed for a 

 considerable length of time. The sides of the alve- 

 olar cavity were in a healthy condition as far as 

 could be ascertained; as a natural consequence they 

 were more or less mutilated with the punch in driv- 

 ing out the teeth, and might have been more or less 

 diseased without showing its effects after the tooth 

 was extracted. 



