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maxillaiy and palate bones; are situated below and in front of 
the former; are separated from each other by the vomer; and 
open into the maxillary sinuses: they are irregular in form and 
cavernous interiorly. They are not to be found in the young sub¬ 
ject. Some might be inclined to treat them as parts of the max¬ 
illary sinuses; they are, however, as distinct from the latter as 
the frontal are. 
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IV.—THE MOUTH. 
The mouth is the cavity included between the superior and 
inferior maxillae, making one common vacuity with the inter¬ 
maxillary space. Its antero-posterior dimensions can be but 
little varied; but its supero-inferior diameter will be increased in 
the ratio of the distance to which the inferior maxilla recedes from 
the superior; the cavity during the separation of the jaws as¬ 
suming the figure of a misplaced , the angle of which is turned 
backwards. 
The mouth is formed—superiorly, by the palatine and supe¬ 
rior and anterior maxillary bones; inferioiiy, by the inferior max¬ 
illa; laterally, by the molar teeth; anteriorly, by the incisive 
teeth. Behind, through the posterior opening of the nose, it com¬ 
municates with the nasal fossae. 
©ommunicatiott^ antt ®aec^; 
Quidquid agunt Veterinarii 
-nostri est farrago libelli. 
ON AMPUTATION IN COMPOUND FRACTURE OF 
THE EXTREMITIES IN CATTLE. 
By Mr. Dick, of Edinburgh. 
To the Editor of The Veterinarian. 
Sir, 
I HAVE long thought that a periodical such as The Veterinarian 
was much wanted among the veterinary profession, as a means 
by which many useful, curious, and interesting cases might be 
brought forward, which otherwise are lost. Amputation, for ex¬ 
ample, has not I believe hitherto been considered as a veterinary 
