Operative surgery . Fig. 56.—Authors rotaryreceptacle. THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 53 receptacles can be readily discharged when necessary through a rubber tubeadjusted to a spigot in the corner of each. This apparatus is too cumber-some for use in other than office or hospital work. The Operating Table.—The securing of light, freedom of action, andcleanliness in operations require that the patient be placed on some form ofoperating table during these procedures. If the operation be trivial, it isbetter not to excite the apprehensions of the patient and friends by un-necessary preparations, bu
Operative surgery . Fig. 56.—Authors rotaryreceptacle. THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 53 receptacles can be readily discharged when necessary through a rubber tubeadjusted to a spigot in the corner of each. This apparatus is too cumber-some for use in other than office or hospital work. The Operating Table.—The securing of light, freedom of action, andcleanliness in operations require that the patient be placed on some form ofoperating table during these procedures. If the operation be trivial, it isbetter not to excite the apprehensions of the patient and friends by un-necessary preparations, but, instead, to utilize for the purpose the ordinarycouch or lounge that is at hand in most instances. However, the opera-tions that require the free use of anaesthesia and fluids, careful observa-. Extemporized operating table. tion, and are attended with much expenditure of time and method, requirethat special provisions be made for the purpose of properly supporting thepatient. Operating tables may be of established form, or contrived at the timeof the demand by the utilization of the ordinary tables and stands that area part of the belongings of every household (Fig. 57). These articles, whenplaced in proper position and covered with old blankets and water-tight asep-tic rubber sheets, answer well the purposes, unless the patient be violent;then the struggles will frequently disarrange the outfit. Each detail of thepreparation of an operating table should be adjusted carefully, in order toobviate the unnecessary soiling or disfigurement of the furnishings of thepremises. The caretakers of household matters have a keen appreciationof any efforts that may be directed to the prevention of needless soiling ordisfigurement of household articles on these occasions, not so much on a
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