2. A heavy plank supported on two wooden buckets makes a good operating table. Straddling this plank the operator and his assistant sit facing each other.
3. The proper instruments are as follows:
- 1 nickel plated scalpel (knife).
- 1 nickel plated tenaculum (hook).
- 1 nickel plated sound probe (probe).
- 1 pair nickel plated special extracting forceps.
- 1 pair nickel plated automatic clamping forceps.
- 2 pair goggles (worn only by beginners as safeguard).
4. Several pieces of clean white cloth about three inches square should be provided.
5. The instruments should be boiled about ten minutes in clear water to insure cleanliness. During the operation they should be kept in a saucer containing a five per cent solution of carbolic acid which may be placed on a box within easy reach of the operator's right hand.
6. The operator first takes his seat and spreads a gunny-sack or burlap across the plank just in front of him.
7. The assistant then brings the skunk carrying it by the tail with his right hand. His left hand should grasp the nape of the neck to help keep the head down for the back-bone and tail must at all times be kept in a straight line.
8. The assistant now, by means of his hold on the nape of the neck brings the skunk into a horizontal position (keeping the backbone and tail in a straight line) and lays it belly downward on the gunny-sack with head toward the operator.
FIG. 2, SECTIONAL VIEW OF SCENT SYSTEM.