Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . Fig. 126.—Method of Folding Squiers Portable Operating THE OPERATING ROOM IN PRIVATE PRACTICE 175 with crank for elevating the top (Fig. 125). To fold the table(Fig. 126) it is only necessary to fold back the top, which ishinged together, bend the hinge in the center of the bottom braces,which fold, and the two ends slide together by the side braces fold-ing. There is no fastening of screws or clamps necessary to setup or fold the table. When folded for transportation the tableappears as shown in Fig. 127. The case (Fig. 137) is ex
Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . Fig. 126.—Method of Folding Squiers Portable Operating THE OPERATING ROOM IN PRIVATE PRACTICE 175 with crank for elevating the top (Fig. 125). To fold the table(Fig. 126) it is only necessary to fold back the top, which ishinged together, bend the hinge in the center of the bottom braces,which fold, and the two ends slide together by the side braces fold-ing. There is no fastening of screws or clamps necessary to setup or fold the table. When folded for transportation the tableappears as shown in Fig. 127. The case (Fig. 137) is extremely. Fig. 127.—Squiers Portable Operating Table Folded for Transportation. light and is fitted with a handle. The weight of the table is 28pounds. The Trendelenburg posture is shown in Fig. 125. Foroperations on the head and face the head-piece is raised or loweredas desired; the arrangement for lithotomy position is shown inFig. 128. The dimensions of the table are 19 inches wide, 67inches long and 34 inches high. When folding for transportation,the dimensions are 6 inches thick, 20 inches wide and 35 incheslong. This table may be regarded as forming a standard. Modi-fications of construction to suit the taste and class of practice ofthe surgeon are simple questions of mechanical art. The portable apparatuses designed to be placed on the ordi-nary deal table to permit of Trendelenburg posture, lithotomyposition, etc., are also much in vogue. These are extremely use-ful and satisfactorily efficient, if it be not necessary to change theposture of the patient during the operation. The dist
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