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odontome consisting- apparently of pure dentine, the pieces 
collected weighing sixteen ounces, the largest of which are 
represented in Fig. 8. The cavity resulting was thoroughly 
cleansed with carbolized water and then, to repress the exces¬ 
sive granulations, was firmly packed with cotton wool satur¬ 
ated with carbolized oil and thickly dusted over with iodo¬ 
form, and the dressing repeated daily for about two weeks. 
Improvement was prompt and rapid, the unhealthy gran¬ 
ulations disappeared, the fetor and the nasal discharge 
ceased, healthy granulations appeared, the facial enlargement 
was rapidly receding and the cavity from which the odon¬ 
tome was removed was filling up, when—much to our chagrin 
—at the end of two weeks the owner informed us that prior to 
bringing the horse to us he had offered him in trade (by let¬ 
ter) to a Pennsylvania party, who had accepted his proposi¬ 
tion and the horse must go, and accordingly he was shipped 
to a Mr. Middagh at Miffiinstown, Pa., growing worse on 
cars from want of proper care. Further neglect seems to 
have rendered his condition very repulsive and Mr. Middagh, 
finding him useless except from trade unseen, made a sale by 
correspondence to Mr. Geo. W. Rice of Springfield, Mass., 
who bought him as “sound, clean and straight” to quote his 
language, and soon after delivery (May 6) had the head pho¬ 
tographed as in Fig. 9 and then, by advice of the attending 
veterinarian, Dr. M. E. Chapin, Springfield, Mass., he was de¬ 
stroyed, and thus was brought to an end a very interesting 
case, which with proper treatment at the right time would 
undoubtedlv have restored to usefulness a valuable animal. 
The condition of the bones of the affected side of the head 
are well shown in Fig. 10, which, owing to the constant and 
prolonged irritation had become rarified, partly necrosed 
with here and there large openings which along with the 
large central cavity from which the odontome was removed, 
were filled with soft unhealthy granulations at time of death. 
In class D, Aberrations of the Whole Tooth Germ, we find 
but one sub-class—Composite Odontomes, of which we have 
met with but one typical case in practice. 
The patient was a well-formed, very large and vigorous 
