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SURGICAL DIAGKOSIS. 



Fig. 75. — Reynal's Moutti Reflector. 



Eeynal is the author of an instrument which facilitates the 

 examination by the eye of some parts of the mouth. It is 

 polished on both surfaces, and acts as a reflector, and, when ia- 

 troduced on the inside of the cheek, will help to detect diseased 

 spots on the teeth, which would otherwise escape discovery. The 



Fig. 76.— Nose Speculum. 



speculum to dilate the nostrils and examine the nasal cavities, 

 also acts as a reflector, but fails, we thiak, to fulfill the object, 

 for lack of sufficient dimensions. It is made somewhat on the 

 priacipal of the vaginal speculum used in human medicine, and 

 acts in the same manner. 



Fig. 77.— Eye Speculums 



