Minor Means of Restraint 



By D. M. Campbell, D. V. S., Chicago 



The veterinarian and particularly the young 

 veterinarian who can control his patient with the 

 least expenditure of time and energy on his own 

 part as well as with the greatest measure of 

 safety to himself and to the animal is in a fair 

 way not only to do better surgery because of 

 this perfect control but to win favor with his 

 clients and a reputation for "horse sense" which 

 is so necessary to one who would be considered 

 by stockmen a master in his profession. 



On the other hand the inability to cast, throw 

 or tie an animal as well as the owner himself can, 

 is one of the greatest handicaps a veterinarian 

 can have, not only because of the actual incon- 

 venience to which he is subjected but also be- 

 cause of the lessened respect — ^the almost con- 

 tempt the owner will have for a veterinarian on 

 this account alone. A veterinarian's clients ex- 



