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12. Hook, for seizing and raising the lower end of the 

 arytsenoid cartilage (Fig. 15). This is 3^ inches in length, 



the handle being 7 inches. 



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Fig. 15. 

 13. Special forceps, with toothed ends, to seize the body 

 of the arytsenoid cartilage, and a catch at the handles to 

 fix the blades, and eyelets for the fingers (Fig. 1 6). The 

 length is 8 inches. 



Fig. 16. 



14. Curved scissors, to cut through the mucous mem- 

 brane (Fig. 17). The length is 8| inches. 



Fig. 17. 

 15. Two retractors, to keep the trachea open during 

 operation (Fig. 18). These are perhaps best made of strong 

 wire slightly flattened, double, and opened and bent, so as to 



form an angular portion about 3 or 4 inches wide. The 

 length of the handle part may be 6 to 8 inches, that of the 

 bent portion about 2 inches. 



