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.
- Edward Mayhew
- Date:
- [between 1850 and 1859?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CONTENTS. Par. ]. That the teeth of the horse denote the age of the Page. animal &c. •• •• •• •• •• 1 2. In every case the evidence of the teeth is secondary to direct and substantiated testimony ; &c. 3 3. Some of the causes which induce certain persons to doubt &c. 4 4. The teeth more frequently contradict an arbitrary calculation than disagree with fact. 7 5. For the security of the purchaser of a horse, not connected with the turf, the teeth are a sufficient guard, &c. 10 6. The description of the teeth &c. • • 14 7- The teeth are situated &c. 15 8. The teeth are organised, &c. 16 9. The horse possesses forty teeth, &c. 16 10. Three substances enter into the composition of the horse s tooth. •• •• •• •• •• 18 11. The crusta petrosa &c. 18 12. The enamel &c. • • • • . • • • • • 20 13. The ivory &c, • • • • • • , • • 20 14. The uses of the ivory, enamel, and crusta petrosa Sec. •• •• •• •• •• •• 22 15. The separate uses of the three component struc- tures, &c. 24](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28126221_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
