EXCISION OF TONSILS.

1. Long vulsellum.	3. Ice, ice-cold water.
2. Tonsil guillotines; or, probe-pointed bistoury, the posterior two-thirds of the blade covered with lint or plaster; or, tonsil excisors of various kinds.

1. A small lump of ice held in a long vulsellum against the tonsil.	3. Long straight polypus or gullet forceps with padded ends, to compress the tonsil; one blade being passed within the mouth, the other outside against the neck.
2. Small sponge on the end of a stick, dipped in ice-cold solution of perchloride of iron, or other styptic.