. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Mr. Y. Gal ton's ExiJerimentfi hi Pangenesis. 385 APPENDIX II. Description of the method of performing the operations. It is essential to a fair chance of success that the operator should have a large and thriving stock of full-grown rabbits. They can- not be procured at will in the market; and young ones are so timid and tender that they are not fit to be operated on. The next essential point is an operating-table, with ample and proper apparatus for hold- ing the rabbits eas
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Mr. Y. Gal ton's ExiJerimentfi hi Pangenesis. 385 APPENDIX II. Description of the method of performing the operations. It is essential to a fair chance of success that the operator should have a large and thriving stock of full-grown rabbits. They can- not be procured at will in the market; and young ones are so timid and tender that they are not fit to be operated on. The next essential point is an operating-table, with ample and proper apparatus for hold- ing the rabbits easily but rigidly. It is most improper to subject a helpless animal to an operation without taking every precaution for its success, so as to minimize the necessity for operating. The chief hindrances to success are, entanglement of instruments, or the break- ing loose of blood-vessels, both owing to an unexpected start; also an animal will struggle violently, and become terrified if he is loosely held, hoping to get away, whilst if he is firmly secured he lies as though magnetized, without signs of fear or discomfort, and with his pulse and breathing perfectly normal. I regret extremely that, although I took pains to inquire, I did not at first hear of Czermak's recently devised apparatus for holding the head. I began by the old plan of putting tlje animals in a bag and holding them, which was very unsatisfactory. Then I devised a plan of my own, which was good, but inferior to Czermak's, and I therefore abstain from describing it. The latter, with recent modifications, can now be obtained at Mr. Hawkesley's, 4 Blenheim Street, Bond Street, London, to whom, I should say, I have been greatly indebted for the care and thought he gave to successive and A'ery numerous modi- fications of my instruments (far more numerous than I care to de- scribe). A drawing of Czermak's apparatus will be found in the ' Berichte der K. Sachs. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig,' 1867, p. 212.
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