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.REPORTS OF CASES, 
my notes on Professor Smith’s lectures, but cannot find any¬ 
thing concerning this morbid condition. Perhaps this article 
may be worthy of space in the Review, where it may prove 
of interest to our profession., R. T. Whittlesey, D.V S., W. 
E. D. Morrison, D.V.M., and myself, were inclined to con¬ 
sider this as a case of rupture of the intercostal muscles 
caused by some accidental injury received while the animal 
was being “broken” in true Pacific coast broncho style. 
However, it may have been a congenital condition. It may 
be well to remember these remarks whenever called to in¬ 
spect valuable horses offered for sale or exchange. 
ULCERATED TEETH. 
By Dr. Sutton, D.V.S, 
A duplicate of this case, with all of its surroundings, is 
unusual. In the city of Kalamazoo lives one of those horse- 
shoers and horse doctors combined. Pie is of a progressive 
turn of mind, and of late has added to his previous empirical 
title that of “ Veterinary Dentist.” His instruments consist 
of those of his own manufacture, which he can utilize for 
almost any purpose, and the greater part of his so-called pro¬ 
fessional work is with the unfortunate, the poorer class. Last 
autumn a poor but worthy young man called upon the so- 
called horse-doctor and dentist with a horse which had an 
enlargement on the inferior aspect of the lower jaw. This en¬ 
largement was characterized by two fistulous openings, cor¬ 
responding to the second and third molar teeth. He injected 
his favorite remedies into these openings for about thirty 
days. Then it occurred to him to try his dental skill, and 
he forthwith attached his home-made forceps to the second 
molar, and with the assistance of two or three men broke it 
off at its entrance to the alvelous. With joyful glee he 
showed it to his friends as a remarkable piece of dental sur¬ 
gery. In a few days he proceeded in a like manner with the 
third molar with the same results. He now assured the 
owner that his horse would be all right in a few days.' But 
the horse grew worse and the owner again sought the advice 
