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SECURING SMALL ANIMALS. 



possible to the commissure, behind the tusks. The cord is then 

 fastened to any high point or to a ring, and the head drawn into a 

 position of forced extension. The animal cannot possibly escape. 



The dog is either muzzled or the jaws fastened together by a piece 

 of tape passed around them and tied behind the ears. It is then 



-Casting an ox ; first position 



easily handled and secured on the operating table. Several operating 

 tables have been invented for dogs. In Vienna the table is a shallow 

 glass trough about 3 feet 6 inches long and 15 inches across, with 

 an aperture for drainage, and suitable connections at the lowest 

 point. This is surrounded by a detachable metal frame, the lower 

 surface of which carries a series of hooks at one-inch intervals for 

 fastening the cords by which the animal is secured. In the very 

 excellent clinique for small animals at Berlin, the table is of similar 



Fig. 63. — Casting an ox ; second position. 



form, but is constructed throughout of metal. Both tables, in fact, 

 are close imitations of those used in human surgery. 



In this country, Hobday has suggested a cheap and useful table 

 of wood, the upper surface perfectly fiat and displaying numerous 

 slots for receiving the small keys by which the hobbles are secured 



