Show IN FARM AND FIELD t I Subjects of Importance Considered Consid-ered in a Practical Manner I I I i A HORSE ON A SURGICAL TABLE I t Texas LoomIng Into Prominence as a Pork Producing State Dressing and I Shipping Poultry I A novel operation in veterinary surgery sur-gery was performed at Cincinnati 0 recently by Dr L A Anderson Strapped to an operating table a IChand draught horse weighing 1200 pounds was operated on successfully for spavin by cutting a tendon that covered a bony tumor an interesting feature or tne operation opera-tion was the table and its appliances by f which this large powerful horse was so j secured that during the operation which lasted only eight minutes the animal moved not a hairs breadth The table is made of solid oak and rests on a stout platform about two feet high By means of a crank operating on cogs the I table on which the animal lies is made to move slowly upward anti downward In other words the horse led alongside i of the table in an upright position is ser se-r i f I I t l I i I GETTIXO THE HORSE READY curely fastened to it and then the horse I and table lowered until the animal is lying securely fastened Previous to j the operation the spavin on the right 1 hind foot caused such pain that the horse tried hard to go on three feet A t hood made of padded canvas was placed over the animals head completely blinding blind-ing its sight I The animal was then led alongside of j the table in an upright position and a j stout inch rope fastened to the front of the table was held around the animals legs lay an attendant The three four I inch wide surcingles were then strapped securely tying the animal alongside of j I the table The head was then fastened i to the table and the crank turned and I the table slowly lowered to a horizontal position TUB niiinvil at first struggled I bnt once upon the table lay quietly on it right a1 lc Then the feet were se i ctirely fjiskviid vdth stout straps to the tibip the additional precaution being j used of tying the left hind foot with an inch K > IK i Oveiythm was now ready for the op j i i eration which is known as cuneon I I tiiiotomy and was first proposed by thei i I veterinary Professor Lafosse to abolish j j I 1 lameness arising from bone spavin It i I consists in division of the internal or j J cuneou branch of the tendon of the j flexor metatarsi The tendon that gave I the trouble is a stout one a branch of i another tendon It starts from the anterior an-terior portion of the hock and runs j i across diagonally downward to where i1n > fiirh fini mllv occurs i I I I The doctor first made an incision an inch long and a probe pointed instrument instru-ment wa inserted and the tendon raised and cut which gave instant relief The I tendon lay in a groove and was readily i found The blood was then sponged off with cold water and two or three stitches I taken with silk suures and tied There was a bony tumorfound growing under t the tendon making the tension on the tendon so great that the animal could not put its foot to the ground The table was now put back in a per I pendicularposition the horses feet first I having been unstrapped and as his feet touched the ground the girths that bound the animal to the table simultane I I I 1IIIr THE HORSE LAID OUT FOR THE OPERATION OPERA-TION I ously loosed and the horse stood on its feet The hood was removed and the I animal led to a stall limping a little I In five minutes it was eating hay as i contented as if nothing had happened In an hour the animal was led for a short walk up and down the alley and the improvement im-provement was apparent This was the t first successful operation of the kind r ever made according to The Cincinnati I Enquirer from which the foregoing cuts and description are a reprint |