Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . Fig. 128.—Squiers Portable Operating Table Arranged for Lithotomy Position. An operation for removal of a neoplasm of the neck which isto be performed in the patients home calls for neither a portablecomplete table nor an adjustable frame, and in this instance theordinary deal table is of sufficient utility. Indeed, it may be saidthat the display of unnecessary armamentarium in surgical workis undesirable; yet the portable operating table is Avell nigh indis-pensable in operations on the abdominal and pelvic organs. THE OPERATING ROOM IN PRI


Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . Fig. 128.—Squiers Portable Operating Table Arranged for Lithotomy Position. An operation for removal of a neoplasm of the neck which isto be performed in the patients home calls for neither a portablecomplete table nor an adjustable frame, and in this instance theordinary deal table is of sufficient utility. Indeed, it may be saidthat the display of unnecessary armamentarium in surgical workis undesirable; yet the portable operating table is Avell nigh indis-pensable in operations on the abdominal and pelvic organs. THE OPERATING ROOM IN PRIVATE PRACTICE 177 The Extemporized Operating- Table.—For this purpose the or-dinary deal kitchen table makes a useful substitute in operations. Fig. 129.—Extemporized Operating Table. blanket. Kitchen table covered with which permit of the supine position and may be tilted to obtaina moderate degree of Trendelenburg elevation. However, it is tobe remembered, as already stated, when the Trendelenburg posture


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