Yl CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



DENTAL CYSTS AND SUPERNUMERARY TEETH. page 



Teeth growiu": in various parts of the Bod3^ — Some Cysts more Prolific 

 thau others, Producin-i; a Second, if not a Third, "Dentition/'— 

 Reports and Theories of Scientiiic Men.— Cases ol Thud Dentition 

 in Human Beings 115 



CHAPTER Vn. 

 horses' teeth under the microscope. 



The Dentinal Tabes, Enamel Fibers, and Cemental Canals Described 

 and Contrasted 130 



CHAPTER VUI. 



THE PATHOLOGY OP THE TEETH. 



Iraportancs of the Subject.— Caries caused by Inflamed Pulps, Blows, 

 •\irus, and Morbid Diathesi:;.— Supernumerary Teeth and other 

 Derangements.— Trephinrng the Sinuses. - Gutta Percha as a Fill- 

 ing. — Cleaning the Teeth.— "A Diseased Fossil Tooth 136 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE DENTISTRY OF THE TEETH. 



Reports of Cases Treated by Various Surgeons.— Gutta Percha. as a 

 Filling for Trephined Sinuses.— Teeth Pressing against the Palate. 

 — Pas.-ing a Probe through a Decayed Tooth.— Death of a Horse 

 from S\\ allowing a Diseased Tooth ITS 



CHAPTER X. 



FRACTURED JAWS. 



How Caused, and how to Distinguish an Abrasion of the Gums from a 

 Fracture of the Bone. — Replacing an Eye, Amputating part of a 

 Lower Jaw, taking a Fractured Tooth and Bones out through the 

 Nostril, &c ; 194 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE TEETH AS INDICATORS OF AGE. 

 Their various ways of Indicating Age.— The '• Mark's " Twofold Use.— 

 The Dentinal Star.— MarivS with too much Cement.— Tricks of the 

 Trade.— Crib-biting.— Signs of Ago Independent of the Teeth 203 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE TRIGEMINUS OR FIFTH PAIR OF NERYES. 

 Its Nature and the Relation it bears to the Teeth.— Its Course in the 

 Horse and in Man 216 



VOCABULARY 227 



APPENDIX.— Rec(mt Discoveries of Fossil Horses.— Views of an Evo- 

 lutionist.— Oriiriual Home of the Horse.— Elephant Tooth-Gernas.- 

 Filling Children's Teeth 257 



INDEX 279 



PUBLIC OPINION 387 



