The journal of the Gynaecological Society of Boston : a monthly journal devoted to the advancement of the knowledge of the diseases of women . ad noticedthat his speculum was frequently made of too greatlength for the average of cases, and he would particu-larly call attention to this point. In its employment thecervix ordinarily comes at once within the field ofvision, and there is none of the searching for the os bythe point of the instrument that is commonly so neces-sary with all tubular specula. There should be as littledilatation of the vulval cleft as possible. If the instru-ment is at
The journal of the Gynaecological Society of Boston : a monthly journal devoted to the advancement of the knowledge of the diseases of women . ad noticedthat his speculum was frequently made of too greatlength for the average of cases, and he would particu-larly call attention to this point. In its employment thecervix ordinarily comes at once within the field ofvision, and there is none of the searching for the os bythe point of the instrument that is commonly so neces-sary with all tubular specula. There should be as littledilatation of the vulval cleft as possible. If the instru-ment is at all too long, this cannot be avoided, and thereis consequently unnecessary pain. He was informedthat the demand for the speculum was now so greatthat Messrs. C. and S. had to devote the whole time ofone of their workmen to its manufacture. The distinguishing characteristics of his instrument,which he had desired should be known as the BostonSpeculum, and was in daily use by most of the gentle- 2G0 Proceedings of the Society. [May, men present, consisted in a simple spring attachment- atthe side of the Cusco bivalve, represented at A, by. which the blades may at once be disjointed, swungaround back to back, and there fixed by a turn of thenut already existing upon the screw traversing thehandles, with the effect of giving a retractor equal inworking facilities to that of Sims.
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