A system of surgery : theoretical and practical . eversed antero posteriorly. And they are thus conventionally representedin all ordinary laryngoscopic diagrams. This so-called reversal or inversion of the image is illustrated by fig, 147,in which B diagrammatically represents the parts as seen when simply looked downupon, and A the same parts as they appear reflected in the min-or. No practicaldifficulty or inconvenience results from this apparent inversion. By varying the inclination of the mirror, and slightly changing its position fromtime to time, the following parts, or rather certain po


A system of surgery : theoretical and practical . eversed antero posteriorly. And they are thus conventionally representedin all ordinary laryngoscopic diagrams. This so-called reversal or inversion of the image is illustrated by fig, 147,in which B diagrammatically represents the parts as seen when simply looked downupon, and A the same parts as they appear reflected in the min-or. No practicaldifficulty or inconvenience results from this apparent inversion. By varying the inclination of the mirror, and slightly changing its position fromtime to time, the following parts, or rather certain portions of them, may be succes- 1 yarious expedients have been suggested with a similar view. Thus, Dr, H. G. Wrightcontrived a speculum, the temperature of which was maintained by a wire placed behind themirror and heated by galvanic action. Dr. Buzzard recommends that the surface of themirror should he covered with a film of glycerine. But no plan answers better than thesimple one above-mentioned ; nor is any other so easy of application. u u 2. The small escrescence situated on the right vocal cord (b) laight befalsely supposed to be on the left from the appearance presented inthe mirror (A). 660 DISEASES OF THE LARYNX. Fig. 148.


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