An American text-book of genito-urinary diseases, syphilis and diseases of the skin . Fig. 146.—Beak of Bigelows lithotrite (closed).. Fig. 147.—Beak of Bigelows lithotrite (open). and 147) between the angles of which the detritus is forced out laterally. Therim of the female blade is low to facilitate the escape of the debris. The tipof the female blade was given a peculiar form which rendered its passagethrough the urethra, and especially over prostatic enlargements, more easy. The handle of the instrument was supplied with an ingenious mechanismwhich gives the important advantage to the sur
An American text-book of genito-urinary diseases, syphilis and diseases of the skin . Fig. 146.—Beak of Bigelows lithotrite (closed).. Fig. 147.—Beak of Bigelows lithotrite (open). and 147) between the angles of which the detritus is forced out laterally. Therim of the female blade is low to facilitate the escape of the debris. The tipof the female blade was given a peculiar form which rendered its passagethrough the urethra, and especially over prostatic enlargements, more easy. The handle of the instrument was supplied with an ingenious mechanismwhich gives the important advantage to the surgeon of being able to lock andunlock the instrument without change of position of the hands, so that thealternate maneuvers of crushing by screwing and grasping fragments by
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