Modern surgical instruments, chiefly of France and Germany.

  • Boyd, Robert, 1808-1883.
Date:
1844
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Modern surgical instruments, chiefly of France and Germany. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    % 22.—Maunoir's scissars for cutting a triangular opening in the S3, through the cornea, in forming an artificial pupil. 23. —Assalini's aiguille pince, the instrument being introduced ased into the anterior chamber, the iris is pierced with the needle Uy, and held firm with the pince, is drawn through the wound, and tt off with David^s scissars. 24. —Langenbeck^s coreon9ion, consisting of a small hook passing rrough a fine gold tube fixed in the handle, the hook sheathed by the Ibe on entering the eye, is projected by the slide b, and seizing the ss draws it through the wound previously made in the cornea. 25. —Jungken's coreon9ion having a tooth a, which is slided 1) to the point of the hook after seizing the iris to prevent its uca])e. 26. —Embden's raphian kystron composed of a straight lance shaped (loveable needle on which slides a hook, each regulated by a button at ■ . and d; the needle having pierced the sclerotic or cornea, the hook is idvanced and laying hold of the iris it is drawn through the wound, thus ivoiding any previous incision. 27. —Beer's hook for drawing the iris through the wound in the oomea, in forming artificial pupil. 28. —Scissars for cutting the iris through an incision in the cornea, ased by Janin and Maunoir. 2y.—Forceps for entropion, used by Beer and Weller. 30. —DaviePs double curved scissars for enlarging incisions in the oornea. 31. —Lefaye's kystotome (being like Petits pharyngotome in minia- uure) for cutting the lenticular capsule in the extraction of a cataract. 32. —Reissenger^s double hooked forceps, resembling Beer's hook, )out opening by its elasticity into two longitudinal halves, the hooks being introduced closed, through the cornea, the iris is seized by them, Separated, and again closed when drawn through the cornea. PLATE I I I. 1. —Montain's trepan for boring the os unguis in fistula lachry- nialis, but now little practised in consequence of the constant closing of the opening, causing a return of the complaint. 2. —Canula of Desault with his stylet for inserting it in the juasal canal, and the elastic blunt-pointed needle of Pamard, for the ■[lore easily passing a thread through the nostril to keep the pas- Bage open. f 3.— Palette of Cabanis modified, formed of two plates sliding on Rich other, the upper one i)erforated, the lower one only to half its thick- niess. It is passed up one of the nostrils for the more easily seizing the hiue stylet of Mejean passed down the lachrymal canal. ^ 4.—Mauec's sonde a dard, having an eye near the point a, for passing a seton Irotn below upwards through the nasal duct. 5. —Canula of Mirault D'Angers, through winch is passed 5a- mard's elastic needle. 6. —Bellocq's sonde, used in passing plugs up the posterior nares in cases of hemorrhage, or in operating on nasal polypi. V 7«—Pellier's trochar for penetrating the os unguis or laclirymal sac^