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terior ones incline forwards; these, therefore, will require to be 
raised in an oblique direction ; and on account of the length of 
fang, should there not be space between the upper and lower 
jaws when the molars are thus lifted for extraction, the sliding 
chisel may be applied and the tooth shortened, after which we 
can effect our purpose. The only alteration I have made in the 
tooth-rasp (Jig. 8) is the addition of a shifting handle of some 
length, whereby greater power is gained, besides the advantage 
of our being able to add a new rasp or any other instrument to 
it that the veterinary surgeon may deem expedient. 
With this I conclude my brief and cursory remarks on Dental 
Surgery in the horse, sincerely hoping that the instruments thus 
laid before the Association, and through it before the profes- 
sion, will be found by its members both useful and profitable in 
practice ; this being the object 1 have constantly had in view. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Fig. 1. The larger forceps to be used instead of the old key-instrument. 
“ 2. The dental sliding chisel. 
“ 3. The lateral repeller. 
“ 4. The guarded chisel. 
“ 5. The posterior repeller. 
“ 6. The smaller forceps. 
“ 7. The gum lancet. 
“ 8. The tooth rasp. 
The dotted lines (Figs. 1 and 3) direct to larger and other views of those 
portions of the instruments. 
ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The sessional Course of Lectures at this institution commenced 
on the 20th ult. The Inaugural Address was delivered by 
Professor Morton to a very large audience, among whom we 
observed the President of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons, and several members of the Council and Board of Ex- 
aminers. Rarely, indeed, have we had the gratification of 
seeing so many of the older members of the profession met 
together. The class, too, was numerous, and highly respectable. 
After the lecture, the majority partook of refreshments in the 
Board-room ; and here, and in the Museum, groups were seen 
in friendly conversation, interchanging those kindly sentiments 
which tend firmly to unite together the members of a common 
profession. Esto perpetua. 
The Lecturer commenced by facetiously alluding to the tact 
of his colleagues in inducing him to give the Introductory Lec- 
ture, his divisions being the least esteemed, although he would 
not allow they were the least important. “ They were not,” he 
