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OPERATIONS ON THE DIGESTIVE APPAEATUS. 



B C V 



FiQ. 358.— Gunther's Foroep8. 



violent struggles, at the critical moment ; and if the tooth is not 

 very strongly held by the forceps, it is possible that it may slip 

 out of the jaws of the instrument and drop into the mouth. To 

 avoid the possibility of its passing into the pharynx, -we think it 

 would be but a prudential measure to have an assistant keep his 

 hand in the animal's mouth ready to secure the tooth, if necessary, 

 before it passes beyond the soft palate. 



