. A manual of operative surgery . FIG. 6.—VARIETIES OF BLUNT DISSECTOR. serviceable. The strength of the spring must depend uponindividual taste. For all ordinary purposes a good broad point isdesirable ; it enables the surgeon to obtain a firm grasp of the chap, iv] DISSECTING AND ARTERY FORCEPS 47 tissues, and at the same time does not prevent a very small frag-ment of tissue from being picked up (Fig. 3). In another convenient form the two blades can be dis-articulated so that they can be easily cleaned (Fig. 4).. FIG. 7.—SPENCER WELLS ARTERY FORCEPS. Important aids to operating are toothed
. A manual of operative surgery . FIG. 6.—VARIETIES OF BLUNT DISSECTOR. serviceable. The strength of the spring must depend uponindividual taste. For all ordinary purposes a good broad point isdesirable ; it enables the surgeon to obtain a firm grasp of the chap, iv] DISSECTING AND ARTERY FORCEPS 47 tissues, and at the same time does not prevent a very small frag-ment of tissue from being picked up (Fig. 3). In another convenient form the two blades can be dis-articulated so that they can be easily cleaned (Fig. 4).. FIG. 7.—SPENCER WELLS ARTERY FORCEPS. Important aids to operating are toothed forceps (Fig. 5),and the so-called dissectors, different forms of which are shownin Fig. 6. Toothed forceps do not slip from theirhold as dissecting forceps are liable to, and will befound essential in hernia operations and a numberof others. The dissectors are very useful in exposingarteries and nerves, in enucleating glands, inseparating adhesions to the vermiform appendix,and in many other operations. Artery Forceps.—The pressure forceps of SirSpencer Wells are simply invaluable, and haveproved to be one of the most important recentadditions to the surgeons armamentarium. The best instruments are those of the originalpattern (Fig. 7), and there is little or nothing tobe said in favour of the various modifications FIG. 8. —WELLS and improved forms. forceps with TAPKRING It should be noted that there is a tendency to point. 48 GENERAL PRINCIPLES [part i make the Wells forceps too clumsy and thick at t
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