78 



DISEASES OF THE TEETH. 



rounded by deposit in order to consolidate the parts. The 

 incisor teeth have been irregularly displaced by the chin 



Fig. 42. 



splitting up, and the continuous increase in the bony deposi- 

 tion led to the animal experiencing more and more difficulty 

 in collecting and chewing food. The animal was necessarily 

 destroyed. 



PATHOLOGY OF THE INCISORS. Professor Bouley states, in 

 an admirable article on the Diseases of the Teeth,* that the 

 incisors of the horse are never affected with caries. The only 



* Nouveau Dictionnaire Pratique dv Mddccine t de Chirurgie et 

 d' Hygiene Vetfoinaires. Toine Quatri&me. Paris : Lab& 1858. 



