EXTRACTION OF PROJECTING TEETH. 
To the Editor of The Veterinarian. 
Dear Sir, 
If you think the following case worth a place in ii The Veterina¬ 
rian,” it is very much at your service. 
Your’s, respectfully, 
H. SuRMON. 
ON THE EXTRACTION OF PROJECTING TEETH. 
By Mr. H. Surmon. 
LAST year a neighbour of mine had a horse which was losing 
flesh, and had been so for some time, and his appetite was dimi¬ 
nishing gradually. When I first examined the horse, I saw no 
appearance of disease that could affect his appetite; and, looking 
at his mouth, could perceive no laceration of the cheeks, or injury 
about the mouth. The animal grew worse, until he became almost 
a skeleton, and was ordered by the owner to be killed. Being in¬ 
formed that he was to be destroyed, I expressed a wish to examine 
his mouth once mere. I accordingly put a balling iron into his 
mouth, and introduced my hand; and at the extremity of the 
grinders I found' two teeth, one on each side of the lower jaw, 
which had grown so long as to press into the roof of the mouth, 
and thus prevented him from eating. I endeavoured to extract 
these teeth with an instrument similar to what is used for the 
human subject, but without effect, as it could 
not be got on the teeth. I then contrived 
an instrument which was veiy simple: this 
sketch may give an idea of it, and how it 
was applied. When the instrument was 
passed up the mouth, the tooth became fixed 
between the divided end of the iron: the 
handle being then turned, the tooth was 
extracted with the greatest ease. The horse 
from that moment began to feed, and soon improved in condition. 
In a short time he went to work, and has done well. 
