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He does not eftablifh his Method as infallible; but 
allures us, that, in 8 or 9 Years Practice it has not 
failed curing any Perfons who exaftly followed it, 
and obferved the Regimen prefcribcd. 
u We now return to Dr. le Cat's own Words." 
I fhall here fubjoin the Defcription of an Inlku- 
ment of Surgery, which I have lately invented. 
Forceps for the Extirpation of Tumours too remote 
from the Surgeons Finders, 
When the Fingers can lay hold of an Excrefcency, 
the Surgeon need not think of making ufe of Ma- 
chines for it ; he wiil never find any convenient 
•enough; but all Tumours that arc to be extirpated 
are not within the Reach of the Fingers .: There are 
even many of them which the Fingers can reach, 
but where they cannot lay hold of them, nor work 
as the Extirpation requires. Such are the Ex- 
crefcences fituated a little deep in the Anus , in the 
Vagina , in the Throat, &c. For the like Extirpations 
I have been obliged to invent the Forceps which I 
am going to deferibe. 
Fig. 1. ihe firft Figure reprefents the Forceps fhut, 
as they are when the Inftrument is elofed, or when 
it holds a fmall Excrefcency. 
AC is the Extremity defigned for laying hold of 
the Excrefcency : It is of Silver, pliant as tar as aa , 
in order to be able to give to thefe Cheeks the dif- 
ferent Figures which thofc of the Tumours to be 
•extirpated may require. The Infide of thefe Branches 
2 is 
