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| The Knowledge of the age of the Horse by his Teeth, with remarks / CLARK Bracy, 1826 | |||||||||
The Knowledge of the age of the Horse by his Teeth, with remarks. By Bracy Clark,
Member of Acad. of Sciences of Paris, of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Berlin and of Copenhagen,
Honorary Member of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist. New York, and of the Royal Agricultural
Society of Stutgard, &c.
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CLARK Bracy
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« It was in the commencement of the Veterinary College, in the year 1792, that I composed
this Table, apprehending strongly that it would create a smile among my friends, if,
as being a young student, I should be mistaken in giving the age of a horse, I therefore,
for a few months, gave my attention entirely to this object, procuring an enormous
quantity of jaws and teeth from the neighbouring slaughter-houses for this purpose.
This Table is a collection of all the material circumstances which attend the teeth
from birth to the latest period of life; for the fact turns out to be, that it is
the history of the teeth which forms the basis of this knowledge, taking into the
account some discrepancies and anomalies which disturb its uniformity, and to which
are to be added certain changes which age produces in other parts of the body. The
changes which take place in the teeth at any age are seen in the Table : if we look
down the column perpendicularly for any age, we see the state of every tooth at that
age; or if we look for any particular tooth, by carrying the eye along the line horizontally,
we see the state of that tooth at half-yearly periods through all its progress to
old age; so that, with this Table before him, the tyro may soon acquaint himself with
every particular, and much better than by the vague, unconnected, and often untrue
accounts hitherto given. […]» Présentation de l’éditeur (1826)