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of which I can make myfelf fure with the Fore- 
finger of the left Hand. Then I raife towards the 
upper Part the Cheeks of the Forceps , in order to 
prolong as much as pollible the Root of the Ex- 
crefcencc; and in this Condition I pull towards my- 
felf, with the right Hand, the Knife s which docs 
not fail cutting the Tumour. 
There are Cafes, in which the Infirutnent, Fig. 4,. 
will be of more convenient Ufe. This cuts only by 
its Crefcent ab , pufh’d forward, and mov’d alter- 
nately from one Side to the other, to afllft its 
Cutting. 
There are Circumftances, wherein the Knife Fig. y. 
may be preferable. 
In fine, there are others, wherein all thefe Inftru- 
ments are of Service in one Operation, which hap- 
pen’d to me in October 1748. in the Extirpation of 
a feirrhous 1 Toly pus in our Hotel Hieir, in which 
Operation 1 employ’d not only all the Inftruments 
above deferibed, but alfo a cutting Forceps , which I 
had contrived in 1735. for the Extirpation of Fun- 
gus's of the Bladderj and which alone was proper 
to take off one Part of this Tumour, that was as 
large as a Goofe’s Egg, and was falling into the 
Throat. 
I fuffer the Wound to bleed a little, and then drefs 
it with all the Precautions ufually taken again!! Hae- 
morrhages in the Operation of the Fijlula in the 
Anus . 
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Forceps 
