86 CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY. 



bent needle and thread, and an elliptical or circular piece 

 excised to make a hole sufficiently large for the insertion of 

 the tube. The tube is then placed in the trachea and fixed 

 in position. 



For temporary purposes a piece of bent glass tubing, held 

 in position by tapes tied around the patient's neck, answers 

 very well."^ 



1 "Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics," Vol. IX., p. 1.55. 



