Quote Originally Posted by Toolmaker51 View Post
Marv is a terrific salesman of alternate procedures, no?
Veterinary medicine can be brutal. Tooth "floats"...

https://www.amazon.com/DDP-EQUINE-DE...3-786e4cdc8f10

are coarse files used to remove sharp points from equine teeth so they don't cut the inside of the mouth. Horses are not greatly pleased by this operation so a speculum...

https://www.amazon.com/Equine-Dental...s%2C139&sr=8-2

is used to keep their mouth open for access and to prevent them from biting the vet.

(Looks remarkably similar to something used in the inquisition.)