Category: Science - Biology
The horse's mouth, showing the age by the teeth
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The fact here recorded has certainly been generally overlooked; and Mr. Percival deserves the gratitude of his professional brethren for directing their observation to the point...
5. Part 534. _The manner of examining the teeth_ is simple enough, and yet a few remarks may as well be made upon this part of the subject. To see the incisors, all that is necessary is...
3. Part 3_Figure_ 1 represents the table of one of the molars taken from the upper jaw. _Figure_ 2 the table of a molar extracted from the lower jaw. The difference of size between the t...
11. Part 11The head of a horse has been divided below the orbits, and a back view of the facial portion is here shown, the spectator being supposed to look into the cavities, which have be...
2. Part 24. _The teeth more frequently contradict an arbitrary calculation than disagree with fact._ The mouth declares only the positive age, reckoned from the actual day of birth, and...
4. Part 425. _To recognize a milk incisor tooth_ the reader must bear in mind that it is of a temporary nature, and intended only to exist during the few first years of the animal's life...
8. Part 857. _The tricks, that are practised on the teeth_, are so much talked about and so generally feared, that the subject demands a few words in explanation. The breeders are known...
7. Part 751. _At eight years off, the gum of the lower corner tooth has become square, and the lower tush blunt._ The original drawing was made from the teeth of that noted horse, Oakley...
6. Part 6One or more of the tushes may also be well up: the whole may have made their appearance; but more frequently only the two originating from the lower jaw are through the gum. No...
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12. Part 12Represents a fine stamp of Hunter, and Hounds of perfect form, excited by the sound of the huntsman's horn.--A subject full of life, and possessing inexpressible charms for the...
9. Part 9The corner milk tooth here not having been extracted after nature had failed to remove it by the process of absorption, has caused the last permanent incisor to take an unnatura...
13. Part 13£._s. d._ THE LIFE OF A SPORTSMAN by _Nimrod_ 2 2 0 THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON, ESQ. _Ditto_ 1 5 0 THE CONDITION OF HUNTERS _Ditto_ 0 15 0 THE HORSE AND THE HOUND _Ditto_ 0 12 0 TH...