INSTRUMENTS. 



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Philadelphia. The ecraseur is now extensively and suc- 

 cessfully used for castrating colts, and for the removal of 

 tumors. The object of using this instrument is, that no 

 bleeding follows its use. (See Castration.) 



No. 3, is a spring lancet, and was 

 invented by a JNIr. Weiss, of London, 

 for the use of farmers who could not 

 use its more surgical prototype, the 

 lancet. This was at a time when 

 bleeding was thought to be the great 

 panacea for all the ills and aches to 

 Avhich man and beast is heir. No. 3. 



No. 4. 



No. 5.- 



No. 6. 



No. 4, is a small syringe, used for injecting medicines 

 into the cavities of tumors, to destroy their diseased 

 walls. 



No. 5, is a curved trocar and canula, and is used for 

 piercing dropsical swellings and tumors, to run off the 

 fluid. The trocar is drawn out after the parts have been 



