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This Volume, with Volumes II and III, is written at the earnest solicitation of the students I have had the privilege of teaching during the past twelve years, which circumstance is the only excuse for its publication. The fact that animal dentistry is given but limited space in the surgical litera ture of the profession has not entered into the proposition, because the task of writing books belongs to those having the time and inclination to ponder leisurely over each single topic, and not to the busy practitioner, whose few idle moments are usually interrupted by a call to action.
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