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ANIMAL DENTISTRY. 



the head with one hand on the poll and the other over the 

 nasal bones. 



Fig. 105. 



A Satisfactory Method of Securing a Horse for Simple Dental Operations, 



Without the Use of Pillar Reins. 



Major operations, i. e., repulsion of teeth, etc., and minor 

 operations upon vicious horses, require the recumbent posi- 



FiG. 105A. 

 Lucas' Dental Halter. 



tion and the use of the mouth speculum. The operating 

 table is par excellence the best restraining apparatus for such 



