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cavity or morphin hypodermically may be 
substituted, but in our hands these agents have 
been greater disappointments as surgical nar- 
coties than chloral hydrate, which, given as 
above described on an empty stomach, always 
produces some measure of blunted sensibility 
that facilitates the control of the patient if it 
does nothing more. 
When chloroform anesthesia is used, every- 
thing is made ready before it is administered in 
order to shorten the duration of unconscious- 
ness to the minimum. 
Restraint.—The standing position even with 
the best stocks is by no means an adequate 
restraint for effectual work. The lunging sub- 
ject is in danger of injury and the movements 
of the neck prevent accuracy of technic. The 
standing position answers well enough for lat- 
eral incisions, such as may be required to evac- 
uate abscesses preparatory to the operation, 
but when the center of the withers must be in- 
vaded for the purpose of resecting a necrotic 
ligament or of perforating the cervical muscles 
for drainage, the control must be complete— 
perfect. 
The preferable method is rope restraint, with 
all fours folded securely under the body. The 
collar part of the rope must pass from breast 
