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legs above the tarsus) ; secure the fore legs first by passing the 

 ke)'s through two of the holes in the table and giving them a 

 twist, then the hind hobbles in the same way, pulling the hind 

 legs down together. With very large dogs it is sometimes also 

 a good plan to pass a piece of stout webbing over the back and 

 loins and tie it under the table. The chief precaution to take 

 is to see that the legs are just sufficiently wide apart and well 

 stretched out to allow of no violent struggling. When the 

 hobbling is done properly it is astonishing with what ease an 

 animal can be controlled. This places the patient flat on its 

 abdomen, and for convenience will be referred to, when speaking 

 of positions for operative purposes, as the "abdominal" one. 



Fig. 10. 



Photograph showing animal fixcil on the operating table in the " dorsal" position. 



When it is necessary to operate upon the abdomen or under 

 parts of the body the animal is turned upon its back and fixed 

 in a similar way, extra care, however, being here taken with the 

 fore limbs, so as not to stretch them out too tightly and thus 

 injure the muscles attaching the fore limb to the chest. This 

 will for descriptive purposes be termed the " dorsal " position. 



For operations on the sides or flank the animal can readily be 

 laid on either side. These will be referred to in the text as the 

 right and left " lateral " positions respectively. 



Since this pattern of table has been introduced into the Free 



