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ANIMAL DENTISTRY. 



one that has never become accustomed to being handled 

 about the head, will resent the attempt to open the 

 mouth when first approached. Such animals can never be 

 conquered by force or rough treatment, sufficiently to enable 

 the operator to properly carry out the procedure, but by 

 the use of kindness and gentle manipulations to first gain 

 the patient's confidence, few dental operations need be 

 abandoned on account of resentment. It will be found that 



Fig. 140. 

 Position of the Hand and File to Bevel and Blunt the Left First Inferior 



Molar. 



the most resistance is offered by such horses while the float 

 is being adjusted to the teeth or while the hand is being 

 placed in position to receive the float, and that the resistance 

 immediately ceases as soon as the filing begins. The re- 

 markable fact that a horse will stand "at attention" while 

 the rasping proceeds suggests itself as a method of taking 

 advantage of a resisting horse. Instead of first placing the 

 hand into the interdental space, the float may first be 



