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DIAGRAM OF POSITION OF HORSE’S TEETH. 
provided the proper forceps and fulcrum, performs extraction, which may be 
divided into the following three stages :— 
(u) Adjustment of the forceps.—In carrying this out, the above facts must be 
Fig. 2/. Showing tlie incisor and molar teeth of a six-year-old horse in position. 
(After Ellenberger and Banin.) 
lemembered. Difficulties often arise at once j sometimes room is wanting 
between tooth and cheek, either because the jaws of the instrument are too thick, 
Fig. 28 .—Tooth pickers (Giinther). 
Fig. 29.—Fulcra. 
bL b n e Z S hta«amstThrS d; T°n’ t W’ h 0 ” 86 the crown of the has 
Deen pusnea against the cheek In the first case another pair of foreens is 
selected in the second, the food is removed with a toothpick (fig. 28); in the 
