3*20 DISEASES OF DOGS. 



tendon which is commonly sent back, wrapped care- 

 fully up in a piece of paper to the patroness of this 

 superstition, can exist in such a place. 



The supposed worm is a portion of the tendons 

 necessary to the healthy exercise of the tongue. To 

 imagine that by torturing an animal man can prevent 

 the creature's biting, immediately after the miscalled 

 operation, or hinder the animal through life from 

 snapping, should it afterwards go mad, requires an 

 amount of credulity greater than the Editor can 

 reasonably imagine. 



Those who desire the pup's inclination to gnaw 

 various articles should be corrected, may effect the 

 object by clipping off the tusks close to the gum. 

 The animal will thus be disabled from hanging to 

 and wrenching away any substance into which the 

 dental needles of the primary set of teeth may become 

 fixed. No operation can possibly prevent the mad 

 dog from snapping when the animal is irritated. 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE TEETH. 



The full-grown dog has twenty teeth in the upper 

 jaw, and twenty-two in the lower one. The central 

 front teeth and the tusks pierce the gums shortly after 

 birth ; — the others protrude very rapidly. The first 

 teeth remain a short period compared with the horse or 



