. Confederate States medical & surgical journal . rus, to \ carpenters brace and counter-sink bit, and was still furtherwhich, at its inferior part, was attached a body similar to a! enlarged by a chisel and hammer. The ball was then ex-clitoris. These organs are very imperfectly developed, and i tracted without difficulty. 22 CONFEDEKATE STATES MEDICAL AND SUHGICAL JOURNAL. The operation, including the explorations, occupied an hour j office of the Surgeon-General, with the view of exploring aand a half, during which time the patient was kept steadily [ gun-shot wound of the thigh of long sta
. Confederate States medical & surgical journal . rus, to \ carpenters brace and counter-sink bit, and was still furtherwhich, at its inferior part, was attached a body similar to a! enlarged by a chisel and hammer. The ball was then ex-clitoris. These organs are very imperfectly developed, and i tracted without difficulty. 22 CONFEDEKATE STATES MEDICAL AND SUHGICAL JOURNAL. The operation, including the explorations, occupied an hour j office of the Surgeon-General, with the view of exploring aand a half, during which time the patient was kept steadily [ gun-shot wound of the thigh of long standing and involving under the influence of chloroform. This case is one of unusual interest. During the elevenmonths which intervened between the receipt of the woundand the operation, the hall had frequently been searched forbut no positive opinion had been arrived at in regard to itsexact site; nor do I know any means by which the doubt andobscurity could have been removed, except those used. Itwas, therefore, a perfect and triumphant The central instrument is aprobe, with a white porcelainbulb, b. The other detectorworks by touching the sus-pected body. The slide, atc, is pushed down, when thesharp teeth will bite off asmall portion and bring it tothe surface. The forceps hasa rachet arrangement, at a, toprevent the blades from slip-ping. 2.—Letter to the Editor from Surgeon A. Y. P. G ARNETT,on the Use of Nelatons Probe. Dear Sir,—In compliance with your request, I herewithfurnish you with a-brief statement embracing the resultsof my experience with the use of Nelatons probes. These the femur. All preceding investigations having failed to dis-cover the exact position of the ball and the extent of injuryto the bony structure implicated, I assisted in the examina-tion of the case, and was surprised, as well as gratified, at theaccuracy with which we detected the ball deeply imbeddedin the cancellated structure of the external condyle. Thereliability of the instr
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