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Fig. 15.— Hippo-lasso of Raabe & Lunel. 



vicious and clipping nervous horses it has given most excellent 

 results. 



Among other varieties of apparatus used for controlling 

 animals in the standing position, are the various machines known 

 as stocks or travis. They are of many forms, and consist of heavy 

 wooden frames, firmly secui-ed in the ground, with peculiar arrange- 

 ments for supporting the animal in slings, if necessary. They 

 are padded on the inside, for security against injuries and have on 

 one of their narrow sides a system of iron bars, against which to 

 secure the feet when the animal is raised from the ground. The 

 stock illustrated in Peuch and Toussaint's work (Fig. 16), will 

 give a good general idea of one of the most approved forms of this 

 means of restraint. The stock of E. Winsot (Figs. 17, 17a and 

 18) is another form, which can be used for securing the animal in 

 either standing or laying position. 



RECUMBENT POSITION. 



Notwithstanding the many advantages attending the appHca- 

 tion of the means already described, devised for securing the 

 immobihty in the standing position of animals undergoing sur- 

 gical treatment, there are circumstances in which their efficiency 

 becomes wholly lacking. Sometimes it is because of the invincible 

 restiveness of the animal, but more often because of the serious 

 nature of the pending operation, which may require for its safe 



