. Surgical diseases of the dog and cat, with chapters on anaesthetics and obstetrics (second edition of 'Canine and feline surgery'). Dogs; Cats. 36 CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY in which to produce the safe stage of unconsciousness for a cat or small dog is from one to two minutes; for a dog the size of a terrier, about three or four minutes; and for the larger breeds, six or eight minutes. Stages of Chloroform or Ether Anaesthesia.—During the process of complete anaesthetization an animal passes through four stages. The first one is a stage of surprise and alarm, during which the patient sometim


. Surgical diseases of the dog and cat, with chapters on anaesthetics and obstetrics (second edition of 'Canine and feline surgery'). Dogs; Cats. 36 CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY in which to produce the safe stage of unconsciousness for a cat or small dog is from one to two minutes; for a dog the size of a terrier, about three or four minutes; and for the larger breeds, six or eight minutes. Stages of Chloroform or Ether Anaesthesia.—During the process of complete anaesthetization an animal passes through four stages. The first one is a stage of surprise and alarm, during which the patient sometimes holds its breath as if unwilling to receive the strong vapour. This is especially. Fig. 24.—The Author's Third Pattern of Inhaler showing another Form of Mask. noticeable in cats and rabbits, and care must be taken to allow the respirations to become regular before proceeding. The second stage is one of excitement during which the animal is in a semi-conscious state, and appears in an almost frenzied condition, yelping and strugghng violently, and often involuntarily relaxing the sphincters of the rectum and bladder. After this we get the third or safe ansesthetic stage, in which the animal is ready for the operation ; and lastly the fourth or dangerous stage, in which there is risk of per- manently paralyzing one or more of the great vital Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hobday, Frederick Thomas George, Sir, 1870-1939. Chicago, W. T. Keener & Co.


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