Diseases of the throat and nasal passages; a guide to the diagnosis and treatment of affections of the pharynx, sophagus, trachea, larynx, and nares . Fig. 172 Fig. 1T0. Fig. 171, Von Brans instruments for galvano-cautery (Brans) Fig. 169. Fig. 169.—Handle for cauteries, with knob and spring for making and breakingthe current. Fig. 170.—Handle, with cutting wire, loop, or snare. Fig. 171.—Handle, for use with one hand, while the other is occupied with thelaryngoscopy mirror. • Fig. 172.—Cauteries of various shapes; one, blade-like, for cutting. Fig. 173.—Laryn/eal cautery. Fig. 174.—Laryngeal
Diseases of the throat and nasal passages; a guide to the diagnosis and treatment of affections of the pharynx, sophagus, trachea, larynx, and nares . Fig. 172 Fig. 1T0. Fig. 171, Von Brans instruments for galvano-cautery (Brans) Fig. 169. Fig. 169.—Handle for cauteries, with knob and spring for making and breakingthe current. Fig. 170.—Handle, with cutting wire, loop, or snare. Fig. 171.—Handle, for use with one hand, while the other is occupied with thelaryngoscopy mirror. • Fig. 172.—Cauteries of various shapes; one, blade-like, for cutting. Fig. 173.—Laryn/eal cautery. Fig. 174.—Laryngeal cutting wire, loop, or snare. Illustrations are given of the loop-instrument ofProf. Voltolini, of Breslau (Fig. 167), and of a merecautery or blade, much lighter in construction,devised by myself (Fig. 168), and also of the in-struments employed by Prof, von Bruns, of Tii- (Figs. 169-174)~. Beard and Rockwell: Medical and Surgical Electricity, New York, 1871 56S AFFECTIONS OF THE LAKYXX AXD TRACHEA. This method of treatment has been highly extolled by Vol- Brans, and others: but. although often successful,the infrequency of cases requiring it. and the trouble attend-ant upon keeping a suitable voltaic apparatus in good order,added to the difficulty of obtaining skilled assistance at thedesired moment, will render the employment of the galvano-cautery within the larynx to be regarded as a surgical accom-plishment rather than a surgical practice, until such timeas the technics for its manipulation shall become much moresimplified. I have used the method occasionally, and foundit less painful to the patient than the ordinary caustic appli-cations. Professional friends who have witnessed somethese manipulations have been much surprised at the smallamount of inconvenience occasioned. Dr. Mackenzie, whoseexperience in the treatment of laryngeal growths is perhapsunequ
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