A practical treatise on nasal catarrh / by Beverley Robinson.

  • Robinson, Beverley, 1844-1924.
Date:
1880
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Credit: A practical treatise on nasal catarrh / by Beverley Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rangement makes their adaptation ready and secure. Codman & ShurtlefE, of Boston, have invented a self-closing cut-ofi, which may be easily connected with any tubes now in use (fig. 22). It is of form and size to adapt it to be conveniently held in the hand together with a vial of medicament and an atomizing tube. It is used in connection with a receiver of compressed air, and is formed to be conveniently and securely attached by means of a . screw joint (B) to the flexible air-supplying tube (E) leading there- from on the one hand, and on the other to any of the atomizing tubes (A) in ordinary use. Air admitted from the receiver is arrested by the cut-off (D) which is self-closing, or by gentle pressure of the thumb (at C) it is allowed to pass to the atomizing tube. The action of the cut-off is such that, while the atomizing tube may be directed with definiteness, atom- ized fluid may on the instant be made to flow or to cease, and may also be regulated in force and in fig. 22.-Self-closiug cut-off. volume with the utmost nicety and convenience. It is said by the inventors, Codman & Shurtleff, of Boston, that some of the most valuable features of the cut-off have been overlooked or omitted in all of its numerous imita- tions. Whilst advising the employment of sprays, under certain cir- cumstances, in the treatment of catarrhal inflammations of the nose, I am not willing to do so unconditionally. In regard to their temperature, degree of strength, frequency of appli- cation, I shall detail my opinion further on. But in this place, I would merely emphasize the fact that, as a general rule,