American Veterinary Review, 
APRIL, 1891. 
EDITORIAL 
To our Readers. —It is with regret that we open our new volume without a 
word to our friends—as has been our habit for years past—in a few pages of ed¬ 
itorial—this time sickness has prevented us from wishing welcome to our 
subscribers, to our kind contributors and our hard-working assistant editors—we 
hope to be able to resume our labors soon, and to do justice to all who have so 
far given us their assistance, but we feel that, waiting for this opportunity, we 
were in duty bound to offer our thanks for past favors, and our hopes for a con¬ 
tinuation of their efforts in our behalf. The changes we have inaugurated in 
this number, will no doubt indicate the full appreciation of the editor for the 
kind support that the Review has received at the hands of American veteri¬ 
narians. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
A CLINICAL STUDY OF ODONTOMES. 
By. W. L. Williams, V.S., Bloomington, Ill. 
(A Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa State Veterinary Medical Association). 
In Vol. XI. of the Journal of Comparative Medicine and Sur¬ 
gery, J. Bland Sutton, F.R.C.S. contributes a paper on “ Odon- 
tomes,” which for clearness and ability is probably the most 
valuable article in English veterinary literature on this 
much neglected subject, and I shall pre-suppose that each of 
you has given his contribution the careful study it so richly 
deserves. 
Dr. Sutton defines odontomes as “ 7ieoplasms composed of 
dental tissues , in varying proportions and different degrees of 
development, arising from tooth-germs , or teeth still in the pro¬ 
cess of growths 
He notes that three distinct parts, are concerned in the 
formation of the teeth,—the enamel organ, the dentine papilla 
and the tooth-follicle; and uses these parts as his basis for 
classification and arranges odontomes in the following order : 
A. Aberrations of the Enamel Organ. 
Jp it he Hal Odontomes. 
B. Aberrations of the Follicle. 
