THE HORSE’S MOUTH,

SHOWING THE AGE

BY

THE TEETH.

CONTAINING

A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE PERIODS WHEN THE TEETH ARE CUT;

THE APPEARANCES THEY PRESENT;

THE TRICKS TO WHICH THEY ARE EXPOSED;

THE ECCENTRICITIES TO WHICH THEY ARE LIABLE;

AND

THE DISEASES TO WHICH THEY ARE SUBJECT.

BY

EDWARD MAYHEW, M. R. C. V. S.

DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION,

TO

THE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL

OF

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons,

AND EMBELLISHED WITH

NUMEROUS COLOURED ENGRAVINGS FROM

DRAWINGS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE WORK, AND

TAKEN FROM AUTHENTICATED MOUTHS;

WITH

THIRTY-TWO WOOD-CUTS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LETTER-PRESS.

FOURTH EDITION.

LONDON:

MESSRS. FORES, 41, PICCADILLY.

TO THE

PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL

OF THE

ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS,

THIS WORK

IS (BY PERMISSION) RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY THEIR OBLIGED AND

VERY OBEDIENT SERVANTS,

THE PUBLISHERS.

41, Piccadilly.