OPERATING TABLES. 169 



applied on each side to render the table stationary and solid; 

 also the rope and pulley arrangement which may be described 

 as follows: 



Directly below the middle of the superior border of the table 

 on its posterior face are two heavy wrought iron rings (b). At 

 the floor into the wooden cross brace or sill, another ring ( c ) 

 is fixed. In the ceiling is another ring. This ceiling ring should 

 be directly in line with the ring on table (b) and the one on 

 the sill (c) at the floor. In handling this table two systems of 

 pulleys and ropes are used. One pulley is attached into ring on 

 ceiling and its rope to ring on the table top (b). Another pulley 

 is attached to the ring on the sill (c) and its rope attached above 

 to the low^er ring on table top (b). These pulleys will allow 

 the table to be raised and lowered wuth little difficulty. On 

 account of the hobble chains being stationary to the cross brace 

 at the bottom, the hobble straps are automatically tightened and 

 loosened when the table is lowered or raised. 



The Neiu YorJc State Veterinary College Operating Table. 



The operating table which was recently installed by Dr. W. 

 L. Williams, professor of surgery at the Xew York State Veteri- 

 nary College, and known as "The Xew York State Veterinary 

 College Operating Table," is the result of the expense of much 

 time, thought and labor, to say nothing of the financial outlay. 

 A similar outfit has recently been manufactured by William 

 Sellers & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., and installed at the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania (Veterinary Department) under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. John W. Adams, Professor of Surgery at that school. 



This table, with that manufactured by the Bradwood Manu- 

 facturing Company (to be described later), represents the result 

 of the latest and most up-to-date thought yet applied to equine 

 operating table construction. With such machines as these in 

 the reach of the veterinary profession, little can be said and 

 proven derogatory to the equine operating table as a practical, 

 useful and necessary apparatus. About the sole argument against 

 them is the one of price, and when we stop to consider their 

 cost of construction, perfection and usefulness, the price is to be 

 considered a weak argument indeed against tlieir installation. 



