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| The Horse’s Mouth, shewing the age by the teeth / MAYHEW Edward, [1849] | |||||||
The Horse’s Mouth, shewing 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.
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MAYHEW Edward
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« […] Short as may have been my experience, nothing- herein set down will be found
which is not the result of practice, or the consequence of reasoning. Perhaps a longer
professional existence would have given more weight to that which is either novel
in its announcement, or may appear to be bold in its assurance. Truth, however, is
speedily read by those who are intent on deciphering it, and facts are not rendered
more clear to the mental vision by years of conventional dependence.
The teaching of our English Veterinary School has, for too long a period, been traditional;
what one had said, he who succeeded him repeated, and when I entered as a pupil, there
existed no spirit of inquiry, or thought of extending the boundaries of knowledge.
To what a degree an evil system had been established, I may here state as an instance,
that in the first horse which I dissected, I was able to demonstrate the existence
of four muscles that had previously been unnoticed by my teachers.
Under such circumstances, it is not surprising if a fresh intruder, on a comparatively
unexplored soil, did turn up something which, though it laid near to the surface,
had not before been exposed. On the teeth, my investigations began from the beginning
; and though I cannot but say I have been greatly assisted by the information derived
from the labours of previous writers, yet I have, in every instance, accepted their
assertions only after I had tested them, and found them to be correct.
To the members of my profession, I am deeply indebted. When they knew the subject
on which I was engaged, each volunteei’ed to aid me, and generously gave me the benefit
of that experience, which personally I was unfor- tunate in not possessing. It was
acknowledged, that upon the teeth, some work which might be depended upon, was sadly
needed, and to render the present worthy of the confidence of the public, all to whom
I applied cheerfully gave their utmost help. From their cordial communications and
disinterested co-operation, I learnt much, and gained many valuable ideas. » Présentation
de l’éditeur (1849)
« London, [1849 ; 1865]. » Huth (1887)