OPERATING TABLES. 



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Possible Accidents to Patient in the Use of the Oper- 

 ating Table as a Means of Restraint. 



Abrasions and contusions about the head and bony points 

 of the body occur from insufficient padding or imperfect re- 

 straint. Or they may occur about coronets, pasterns and fet- 

 locks from the hobble straps and chains. Fractures of one or 

 more of the long bones sometimes take place. This is also liable 

 to happen to some short bones, such as the phalanges and verte- 

 brae; especially is this accident likely to occur in old horses or 

 in those suffering from one or more of the various bone dis- 

 eases, such as osteoporosis, rickets, etc. 



Sprain or rupture of tendons and muscles is not an infre- 

 quent sequelae of operating table restraint. 



Dislocation of one or more of the important joints is an- 

 other sequelae of no rare occurrence. 



Daviau's Operating Table. 



Daviau designed, made and used the first equine operating 

 table of any practical value. The original apparatus of Daviau, 

 Figures 186 and 187, was a large, hardwood, flat-top table, 

 the top (a) being 6x8 feet. 



Fig. 186. Daviau's Operating Table, Upright Position, with Animal 



Secured. 



