Notes on Diseases of the Horse: Cause, Symptoms and TreatmentKorinek, Charles James
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Notes on Diseases of the Horse: Cause, Symptoms and Treatment
Korinek, Charles James
Horses -- Diseases
TREATMENT.—Remove the tooth—and this is not very easily done, but there
are various ways. Open the mouth by means of a mouth speculum, and, if
practical, use the forceps. The trouble with the forceps is, they are
apt to break the tooth when they are closed upon it too tight. There is
a root forcep which can be used in the lower jaw, as the teeth in that
are more easily removed than those in the upper jaw; or you may remove by
trephining, and then, by inserting a punch, it can be driven out. When
you attempt to remove a tooth and it breaks down, it will, in many cases,
come away of itself without further treatment. The first and second
molars are more difficult to punch out than the others. After treatment
keep the animal quiet; feed upon soft food that does not require much
mastication. There is a difference in treating the cavity. Some recommend
filling it with gutta percha to prevent the food from passing into the
sinus. It will sometimes pass into both sinuses; but generally there is
no necessity for filling it. If you trephine, it is more needful than
in pulling. If food passes into the sinuses then it will be necessary
to fill the hole. Sometimes in parrot-mouth the incisors of the lower
jaw grow and irritate the mucous membrane of the opposite jaw when it is
necessary to use incisor cutters or rasp them down.
WOLF OR SUPERNUMERARY TEETH.—Wolf teeth are comparatively small in size
and have only one root and are found just in front of the upper molar
teeth. Sometimes they do harm, but that is an exception and not the rule.
They can be easily removed with a pair of small forceps or they may be
punched out in some instances, but I prefer that you use the regular
wolf tooth forcep as it looks much better to the onlooker. I think they
interfere with the eyes, causing them to become watery and inflamed, due
to the tooth exerting some influence upon the ophthalmic division of the
fifth nerve.
SUPERNUMERARY TEETH.—Tooth substance may develop in almost any part of
the body. These are called supernumerary teeth and are commonly found in
the testicles, ovaries and sinuses of the head, etc.
FOREIGN BODY LODGED IN THE MOUTH.—A foreign body sometimes gets lodged
in the mouth, as a piece of wood, wire from the feed, etc., and possibly
becomes imbeded between the molar teeth, and the animal is not able to
get it out. There will be difficulty in masticating; a flow of saliva;
the animal stands with the head poked out, as if suffering from sore
throat. He will partially masticate, then try to swallow, and perhaps
eject the food. These symptoms are present in sore throat, and it is
necessary to make a careful examination; you are not likely to mistake
just one case, but if there is some other disease prevalent that presents
similar symptoms, then you are liable to make a mistake. As stated
before, exercise care and judgment and you need make no great mistakes,
this applies to all diseases, etc., that you are called upon to treat.
CURB.
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