50 the; horsb. 



which are processes or projections which line the small intestines, the 

 greater number being found in their upper half. Whenever any portion 

 of this wonderful canal does not properly perform its duties, there is a 

 waste of food, and a lack of proper nourishment of the body. The fol- 

 lowing are the diseases to which this portion of the body is liable to- 

 gether with the treatment as given by Dr. Charles B. Michener, V. S. 

 Inspector of Bureau of Animal Industry and Professor of Pathology and 

 Obstetrics at New York College of Veterinary Surgeons. An authority 

 that cannot be questioned. 



DISEASES OF THE TEETH. 



Cutting' Teeth. From birth to the age of five years, the young 

 horse is cutting his teeth. During this time two sets have made their 

 appearance, the first or milk teeth and the second or permanent teeth. 

 More diflSculty is experienced in cutting the latter, and the mouth 

 should be frequently examined, in order to see if one or more of the 

 milk teeth are not remaining too long, causing the second teeth to grow 

 in crooked, in which case the first teeth should be remo^red by the for- 

 ceps. Also, see if the second teeth are causing little red tumors on the 

 gums, if so make incisions through the gums down to the coming teeth. 

 There is a tendency among farmers and veterinarians to pay too little 

 attention to the teeth of young horses. Percival relates an illustration 

 of this_ which is best told in his own words : 



"I was requested to give my opinion concerning a horse, then in his 

 fifth yaar, who had fed so sparingly for the last fortnight, and so 

 rapidly declined in condition in consequence, tnat his owner, a veterin- 

 ary surgeon, was under no light apprehension about his life. He had 

 himself examined his mouth, without having discovered any defect or 

 disease , though another veterinary surgeon was of opinion chat the 

 difficulty or inability manifested in mastication, and the consequent 

 "cudding, " arose from preternatural bluntness of the surfaces of the 

 molar teeth, which were, in consequence filed, but without beneficial re- 

 sults. It was after this that I saw the horse ; and I confess I was, at 

 my first examination, quite as much at a loss to offer any satisfactory in- 

 terpretation as others had been: While meditating, however, after my 

 inspection, on the apparently extraordinary nature of the case, it struck 

 me, I had not seen the tusks. I went back into the stable and dis- 

 covered two little tumors, red and hard, in the situation of the inferior 

 tusks, which when pressed gave the animal great pain. I instantly took 



