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months of all colts, if they were injurious to the eyes or 

 any other organs of the body. If you wish them removed, 

 the best plan is to extract them with a pair of dentist's 

 forceps. In knocking them out, the roots are frequently 

 left behind, and of course your object is not accomplished. 

 CARIES OP THE TEETH. 



Caries, or decay of the teeth of horses, is a disease of 

 frequent occurrence. The silence of veterinary writers 

 upon the subject has caused it to be overlooked by those 

 having the care of that useful animal, and the symptoms 

 in consequence, have been confounded with those of other 

 diseases. 



Symptoms. — Occasionally we have a fetid breath, fetid 

 discharge from one nostril, a wheezing in the head, food 

 improperly masticated, passing away undigested, quid- 

 ding, drowsing, hide-bound, staring coat, tucked up belly, 

 tossing the head, stopping short on the road, shaking his 

 head and starting on again, and at times becoming almost 

 unmanageable. These symptoms do not all occur in the 

 same animal ; one appearing drowsy, requiring the whip to 

 urge him on, while another, at times, is wild and frantic 

 with pain, taking the bit, and becoming troublesome to 

 manage, occasionally running away. Some of those 

 symptoms occur in other diseases ; bat we should not over- 

 look the teeth in our examination when any of the above 

 symptoms appear. The only remedy is the extraction of 

 the diseased teeth. 



DISTEMPER. 



All catarrhal affections are classed under one general 

 head, namely, distemper, by horse owners generally; a 

 common cold, sore throat, influenza, bronchitis, and sever- 

 al others are regarded as distempers. We will endeav- 



