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A MANUAL OF DENTAL ANATOMY. 



If " odontograms " of various Felidse be constructed, differ- 

 ences between them will be apparent at a glance, although 

 the forms of the several teeth in this family are so very 

 closely similar, that nothing but the very closest observa- 

 tion would have detected the smallest difference between 

 them. 



I have not practically tested the applicability of this 

 method of comparison, but it is said that these diagrams, 

 embodying as they do only one set of facts about a dentition, 

 have proved less useful than might have been anticipated, 

 and occasionally may even prove misleading. 



