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To obviate fuch trouble, and to render un* 

 neceffary the ufe of the hxvitv s favourite injlrii^ 

 merit y ** a bailing iron," (only calculated to 

 increafe the difficulty), I prefume to introduce 

 fuch inftrudtions for the admin iftration of a ball 

 as will enable the operator to deliver it with 

 the greateft eafe to himfelf and fafety to his 

 patient. Firft holding the ball in the right 

 handy longitudinally and equally fiirrounded by 

 the fingers and thumb, let the left be infmuated 

 on the off fide of the mouth, v/hen, taking 

 gently hold of the tongue, draw it lieadily out 

 between the tuik and the grinders, then grafp- 

 ing it with great firmnefs, introduce the right 

 hand with the ball, and pafling it up with a 

 proper degree of refolution, to the higheftpof- 

 fible point, lodge it upon the root of the 

 tongue, inilantly pufiiing it forward with your 

 ^ngers, and withdrawing your hand, place it 

 under his jaw, let loofe the tongue, and raife 

 his head, where, holding it for a very fhort 

 fpace, the ball is perceived to pafs without the 

 leafc difficulty: while, on the contrary, ahorfe, 

 cither timid or refra6tory, is made much more 

 fo by the painful ufe of an iron that, from 

 its very iliape, appearance, and method of 

 introduftion, is evidently calculated to pro- 

 mote 



