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RESTRAINT OV DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



The slack is taken 



above the elbows and hocks of the patient. 

 up by the sliding self -locking device (c). 



Figure 280 represents an ordinary flat-top table equipped 

 with Hobday's hobbles. The patient is secured in the extended 

 abdominal position. Observe the position of the clamps at 



Fig. 281. Ordinary Table Equipped with Hobday's Hobbles — 

 Dog Secured. 



corners of table, the hobble straps applied and the self-locking 

 device on each hobble rope. Figure 281 represents the same 

 patient placed in the extended dorsal position. (The author 

 much prefers to place the hobble loops on the fore legs above 

 the elbows and hocks.) 



Fig. 282. Improvised Cord Hobble Loop. 



Improvised Cord Hobble Loop. 



The improvised hobble loop, Figure 282, is made by doubling 

 a piece of cord, tape or webbing so as to make a slip noose or 

 loop in the center. The hobble ropes may be fixed at each 

 corner to the legs of any ordinary table. 



