A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, oesophagus, nose and naso-pharynx . g theinstrument with both hands, thewThole interior of the oesophagus isthus swept out, and any small foreignbody is almost certain to be en-tangled in the meshes of the expand-ed web of horse-hair. If the resist-ance is so great as to cause risk of injury to the softstructures, the whalebone rod controlling the parasolshould be released and the instrument withdrawnwith its expansile portion closed. In the probang,as commonly made, the knob is about the size of a bullet, bu
A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, oesophagus, nose and naso-pharynx . g theinstrument with both hands, thewThole interior of the oesophagus isthus swept out, and any small foreignbody is almost certain to be en-tangled in the meshes of the expand-ed web of horse-hair. If the resist-ance is so great as to cause risk of injury to the softstructures, the whalebone rod controlling the parasolshould be released and the instrument withdrawnwith its expansile portion closed. In the probang,as commonly made, the knob is about the size of a bullet, but it should notbe larger than a good-sized pea—the object of the instrument not being topush the foreign body down, but to pull it up. Coin-catchers.—There are two kinds of coin-catchers. One (Fig. 8, A)consists of a small whalebone rod, about fifteen inches long, with a flexible Fig. 7.—The Para-sol Probang. A, theinstrument ready foruse with the catgutparasol closed; B, theinstrument after itlias been passed downtlie threat with theparasol open. Fig. 6.—The Oesopha-geal Forceps. OESOPHAGEAL INSTRUMENTS. 15. Fig Grafes coin-catcher, holding a coin : B,ring coin-catcher.
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