CHAPTEE I- 



OPEEATING TABLES. 



In order to intelligently and humanely manipulate the opera- 

 tive technique of canine surgery, the surgeon's operating room 

 must of necessity be equipped with some form bi operating table. 

 This particular form of operating room equipment does not 

 present itself as a question of choice, but confronts us as one 

 of absolute necessity. -To make most tables complete, there are 

 two important adjuncts with which they must be equipped, viz., 

 hobbles and operating trough. There are many different designs 

 of hobbles; however, the Dawson-French hobbles and those of 

 Hobday have proven themselves in actual practice to be far 

 superior to all others. 



JDawson^French Hobbles. 



These hobbles, Figure 278, were designed and perfected by 



Doctors Charles F. Dawson 

 and Cecil French. The 

 Dawson-French hobbles are 

 admirably adapted to canine 

 use. The main feature of 

 the hobbles is their self-lock- 

 ing action. A swinging 

 ratchet arrangement is sus- 

 pended' in a, frame through 

 which the control rope passes. 

 The frame is supplied with a 

 screw clamp by means of 

 which it is attachable to and 

 removable from any operat- 

 ing table at will. One set of 

 four large and one set of four small running-noose leg bands 

 are provided. These will fit any sized animal, and are con- 

 nected to the control ropes by steel snaps.^ Should the operator 



Fig. 278. Dawson-French Portable 

 Hobble. 



