The pathology and treatment of diseases of the ovaries : (being the Hastings essay for 1873).. . Fig. 30.—Taits Modification of Koeberl6s Forceps. long, for sutures; Paquelins thermo-cautery, an aspirator, twosizes of trocar, and twelve good sponges. Of this list some ofthe items require special mention, and the first is the scissor-forceps of M. Koeberle. Of the numerous minor improvementsin our method of operating, none deserves to be spoken morehighly of than the introduction of this instrument. I give abovea figure of the pattern (Fig. 30) I use, though I do not know thatit has much advant


The pathology and treatment of diseases of the ovaries : (being the Hastings essay for 1873).. . Fig. 30.—Taits Modification of Koeberl6s Forceps. long, for sutures; Paquelins thermo-cautery, an aspirator, twosizes of trocar, and twelve good sponges. Of this list some ofthe items require special mention, and the first is the scissor-forceps of M. Koeberle. Of the numerous minor improvementsin our method of operating, none deserves to be spoken morehighly of than the introduction of this instrument. I give abovea figure of the pattern (Fig. 30) I use, though I do not know thatit has much advantage over M. Koeberles original form beyondthe fact that it is stronger and does not break, and that its pointednose cannot be tied in the ligature. Its method of action v/illat once be seen. As soon as a bleeding point is seen it is seized OVARIOTOMY. 259 by one of these instruments and left in its clutches, so that whenthe operation has advanced as far as the treatment of the pedicleas many as eight or ten of these forceps may be hanging aboutthe wound. More than twelve are rarely require


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