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 shorter, greater speed may be allowable ; but in 

 every instance where the tooth is firm, judgment 

 must be exercised. Supposing the horse to be 

 young, the following method will be found to an- 

 swer : — The precise position of the tooth having 

 been ascertained, and the animal cast, traction, 

 with a proper instrument, is made in the right 

 direction. In the first attempt the force is not 

 designed to extract the tooth ; if it can be perceptably 

 moved or raised upward, so that the nerves and 

 arteries of the pulp may be broken or ruptured, a 

 great point has been gained, and the molar should 

 be no further drawn in the first instance. The 

 instrument should be then loosened, and another 

 hold having been taken, a renewed effort should 

 be made, when a little additional way may be 

 gained. After this, a further hold should be taken, 

 and thus adapting the grasp of the instrument to each 

 pull, and proceeding gradually, the molar may be 

 extracted. The operator, however, must not, in every 

 instance, anticipate that he will be thus successful. 

 The tooth may be perceptibly moved, but after this it 

 may resist all subsequent attempts. The surgeon will 

 become aware that only great force could accomplish 



