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diminutive canine ; and such laterals are often to be met 

 with by any who search for such deviations from the normal 

 form. 



Thus the form characteristic of a lateral incisor, if it be a 

 little exaggerated, very nearly gives us the form of a canine, 

 and if we look at the teeth of an Orang the lateral incisor is 

 to all intents a diminutive canine ; and in the present dis- 

 cussion the great comparative size of the canine, which is 

 traceable to readily intelligible causes, may be put aside, as 

 it tends to obscure the point to be here insisted on. 



Between the canines and the bicuspids a similar relation- 

 ship in form exists, and it is more apparent in the lower 

 than in the upper jaw. The fact that at the base of the 

 inner or lingual aspect of the canine is to be found an 

 elevation of the cingulum, in many instances amounting to 



FIG. 



a low cusp, has been already noted ; and it has already been 

 pointed out that the inner cusp of the first lower bicuspid is 

 both smaller and lower than the outer. A longitudinal 

 section through the crowns of the two teeth will demon- 

 strate without the necessity of further description that the 



Section of a lower canine and first bicuspid, showing the characters 

 common to the two. 



