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modate rabbits, guinea-pigs, and rats: or to the more 

 elaborate table devised by the author (Fig. 180). 



Operation Table. This is a table of the "aseptic" 

 type, composed of steel tubing, nickel-plated or enam- 

 elled. The table-top frame is sufficiently large to 

 accommodate rabbits, dogs and monkeys; and is sup- 



FIG. 178. Mouse holder. 



ported upon telescopic uprights, so that it is adjustable 

 as to height ; in its long axis it can be inclined (at either 

 end) to 45 from the horizontal. Further it can be 

 completely rotated about its long axis. The table- 

 top itself is composed of a sheet of copper wire gauze 



FIG. 179. Taten's operation table. 



loosely suspended from the long sides of the tubular 

 frame. The slackness of the gauze bed permits of an 

 india rubber hot water bottle, or an electrotherm being 

 placed under the animal, and if during the course of 

 an experiment it is necessary to reverse the animal, 



