CONTENTS. 



I. General Remarks on Operations.— Their Limitations, Division, 

 Planning the Operation, Preparation of the Animal, Place of Opera- 

 tion, Assistance, and After-treatment . . 



II. Means op Control. — The Blinds, Hood, Nose and Leg Twitches, 



" Bull-Dogs," Loop-Twitch, Bull-Holder and Leader, Nose-Rings, 



and Mouth-Gags for Horses and Dogs . 

 Restraint by Fastening a Fore to a Hind Leg, by Lifting a Fore or 



Hind Leg, by Securing both Hind Legs, the Hippo-Lasso . 

 Methods of Restraining Oxen . 



The Side-Stick ; Cradle or Beads ; the Stocks or Trevis 

 Operating Tables for Horses .... 



Casting with Ropes and Hobbles ; Cross Hobbles ; Apparatus to 



Prevent Spinal Fracture ..... 

 Continental Methods of Casting ; Securing and Releasing limbs 

 Russian Method of Single-handed Casting 

 Securing Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Dogs and Cats for Operation . 

 Operating Tables for Small Animals ; Complications, etc. . 



III. Anesthesia. — Introduction, Historical and General . 



General Anaesthesia ..... 



Anaesthesia in the Horse. — Apparatus 



Surgical Anaesthesia by Chloroform ; Fatal Issues, etc. 



Administration in the Standing Position ; Partial Anaesthesia 



Morphine and Chloroform, Atropine, Ether, Chloral, etc. 



Anaesthesia in Ruminants and Swine 



Anaesthesia in the Dog and Cat .... 



Conclusions regarding General Anaesthesia . 



Local Anaesthesia ...... 



Local Anaesthesia by Cold, Ice and Salt, Ether Spray, etc. . 

 Local Anaesthesia by Cocaine ; by Infiltration — Schleich's method 

 Spinal Anaesthesia in Animals . 



IV. Antisepsis and Asepsis. 

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-Historical ; Lister's and Guerin's Experi 



Antiseptic and Aseptic Methods ; Wound Infection . 



Antiseptics— Carbolic Acid, Sublimate, Zinc Chloride, Potassium 



Permanganate, Hydrogen Peroxide, Mercury Biniodide, Iodine, 



Iodoform, Formalin, Chinosol, etc. . 



Disinfection of the Hands . . . . . . • 



Disinfection of Instruments, Suture Materials, and Dressings 

 Disinfection of the Skin, Mouth, Nasal Cavities, Eye, Ear, Intestine, 



Uterus, Vagina and Foot ....•• 

 First Dressing of Operation and of Accidental Wounds 



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