198 RESTRAINT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



to upright position. The animal's head is fixed to head piece 

 by using the halter rein. The horse is now placed alongside the 

 table, standing on the foot board or platform. The body girths 

 are now placed around the body and fastened. The table, with 

 horse attached to it, is now rocked or turned over to the hori- 

 zontal position. The feet are then made fast by the hobble 

 straps and the body girths are reinforced by a lash rope extend- 

 ing alongside the horse and fastened at each end. The horse is 

 now secured, ready for operation. To release the animal, first 

 remove hobble straps, then the lash rope, after which raise table 

 by means of a pulley and rope to the upright position. As soon 

 as the animal's feet come in contact with the floor the trip is 

 thrown, which releases the body girths instantly and allows the 

 animal to regain its feet without difficulty. 



The Bradwood Humane Equine Revolving Operating Table 



and Chair. 



The fundamental principle of this invention belongs to M. 

 Vinsot, of Chartres, in the form of Vinsot's Stocks, Figure 67. 

 This apparatus of Vinsot, in the form of stocks, was later re- 

 designed and shaped into an operating table by John A. W. 

 Dollar, of London, and has long been known, manufactured 

 and sold in England as the "Dollar table." Several years ago 

 the apparatus of Dollar was brought to this country by Frank 

 G. Atwood, who applied for and was granted a United States 

 patent on same. Since that time the apparatus has been changed 

 in several important mechanical respects under the direction of 

 H. L. Bradley, and as now manufactured and sold by the Brad- 

 wood Manufacturing Company — from a surgical restraint view- 

 point — it is probably the most perfect and desirable horse-hand- 

 ling machine manufactured in the civilized world. The table of 

 today weighs only one-half as much, but is twice as strong, as the 

 table of five years ago. Instead of large and heavy castings, 

 strong steel forgings are substituted. It can readily be con- 

 verted into a surgical chair or stocks. The table itself is 9 feet 

 high, 12 feet long, 3I/2 feet wide. It requires 9 feet to turn in. 

 There should, of course, be an allowance of at least 2 feet on all 



