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OPEEATIOXS ON THE GENITO-UKINARY APPARATUS. 



15 I'tt 



Straight. Curved. 



Figs. 471, 472.— Forceps to remove Foreign Bodies from the Bladder. 



extracted witli straight or curve forceps. These can also be em- 

 ployed to secm-e those of comparatively small size that may be 

 foimd in the bladder, and answer very well Hkewise for those 

 masses of a sedimentary nature that are commonly seen in mares. 



There may sometime be some peculiar pathological conditions 

 which render it necessary to prevent the closing of the woimd in 

 cases of ischial urethrotomy, and when the formation of a perma- 

 nent artifical opening should, perhap, be attempted. 



The entu-e closing of the urethra, in its anterior portion, re- 



