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OBSTETRICAL OPERATIONS. 



When the Bitch is large, or of moderate size, forceps may be em- 

 ployed with advantage, though they must be of various dimensions. 



Fig. 192. 

 Bitch Forceps. 



Fig. 193. Fig. 194. 



Webek's Forceps. Defats' Forceps. 



But when the animal is very small, as is usually the case in difficult 

 parturition in this species, the space occupied by the bows of the forceps 

 — if they are ever so thin — so increases the volume of the mass which 



