CLEVER HORSE DENTISTRY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 1 October 1909, Page 10

CLEVER HORSE DENTISTRY.

V . , ' BT A HASTINGS 1 OPERATOR ' recbrds that:a valuable TJvdran®K;hbi»,V-the..;prdi>erty; of AMessrs.. Carr. and:Haalate,:.ag«d; six'years;' and, reMntly "pur-;,':-;ohas«l;:itti;a, cost;bf ,of .its; ; teeth,--yknbwn'';' as, ■ a ;-fourth ; superior - molar,'. \'fivhich';:chiisbd';inflinimbtiorifiiaul ;roqt,.: and.:it-looked; as, though, the j'attimil's \, physical • bbnJitibn:. Vias, .to ;,bo P- tract,' "came" awayj'seybral' fragments of tho loot wero left :All attempts to Temove"; these with the'forceps-'proved futile, and as a last resort : ,'the' veterinary surgeon.' dccidcd to cut r;:, ! ;throughstJe; jawbone.,. Tho ; chief difficulty ! ;was veiiis::and reaohing , the ibone,' 1® 'ivas ii-^uebe'ssjullyvaccomplisned,. andf. wih|jtSb v 'aidi, of ?' tKe:V.t^pTuM.J-aV : hole,i'. about,'; the TsiMi " of-: 'a', ,6hilling'-wisbored through tho top of ,tho jaw: ;;;,at.,: a ;.pbilvt; just. ■; fonr jght.;:. '!- : eye,-.in.:a?Une between jthe'fy'e: and-the-'Tlght' nostriL'<;,This .part of the operation achieved, .^..'puuchedib'Ut 1 ;^ chisel.,.-The' ;is;main;yMrtioni)otSthflV,\tbpth^wheifv'e3ctrbb{ed, : .to'_ bo: about: : half an ineh' tKick. ' f ,Tho:.fragaicnts , 'sub'sb-' ■Vfran .'inch ■: in v lerigtji#: The ■ v;oubd,. when being '•'dressed thehoit.morhih^' looked Wealthy enough, and it ;-'wns.;:pofeibley:tp;;:'',put'',;. a', i finger r .froni j;. inside; jthe i)l's - mouth'.'..right !through the ?'. : TUe-:dCHßra-. ■; performed, bylMr.,, Vincent, ;ii;,lopKb'd: upon as Something ,re- ;: markflblb' in;horse/dentistry.' 1 ,-C'-v :: '