104 THE REMXAXT TEETH. 



is drawn and the animal is relieved, it looks around 

 and stares and acts as if wondering where it is and how 

 it got there. Not more than one horse in twenty pos- 

 sessing these teeth, he says, ever suffers injury to its 

 eyes. 



Surgeon E. Jennings of Detroit has examined many 

 fetuses and always found Remnant teeth germs ; dur- 

 ing 37 years' practice, in more than 100 deaths under 

 two years, not a single instance occurred where these 

 teeth, or the germs which produce them, were not 

 found. They will be found usually at the age of two 

 years. 



Veterinary Dentist J. Ramsey of Boston treated a 

 7-year-old horse in 1881 that had been " out of con- 

 dition " for several years, and consequently had had 

 several owners. He discovered a long Remnant tooth 

 with such a vicious inclination toward the roof of the 

 mouth as to interfere with the use of the tongue. As 

 soon as the tooth was extracted the horse began to eat. 



Prof. Williams savs of Remnant teeth ("Principles 

 and Practice of Veterinary Surgery," p. 479) : 



" Small supernumerary teeth are often met with in 

 front of the grinders, called * wolf-teeth.' They have 

 been supposed to be a cause of ophthalmia, but this is 

 doubtful. They can produce no inconvenience; but 

 if requested to extract them a practitioner can liardly 

 refuse. The best method is to remove them with the 

 tooth-forceps. 



"The question as to the influence of the teeth on 

 the eyes miglit perhaps be deemed worthy of discus- 

 sion, inasmuch as the dental nerve is a branch of that 

 which supphes the eyes with common sensibihty, 

 namely, the fifth. The older writers maintained that 



