A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, oesophagus, nose and naso-pharynx . eltzer made a double guillotine for me (Fig. 6), by means of which bothtonsils can be simultaneously excised. The only objection to its use is Deutsche Medic. Wochenschrift, Nos. 11 and 15, 1877. I am indebted to , the well-known Berlin instrument maker, for a very perfect specimen of Pro-fessor Lucies guillotine. 12 DISEASES OF THE PHARYNX, LARYNX, AND TRACHEA. that it acts equally on both tonsils, whilst it sometimes happens thatmore of one tonsil requires to be
A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, oesophagus, nose and naso-pharynx . eltzer made a double guillotine for me (Fig. 6), by means of which bothtonsils can be simultaneously excised. The only objection to its use is Deutsche Medic. Wochenschrift, Nos. 11 and 15, 1877. I am indebted to , the well-known Berlin instrument maker, for a very perfect specimen of Pro-fessor Lucies guillotine. 12 DISEASES OF THE PHARYNX, LARYNX, AND TRACHEA. that it acts equally on both tonsils, whilst it sometimes happens thatmore of one tonsil requires to be removed than of the other. The Uvulatome.—In speaking of tonsillotomes, it has already beenshown that this instrument preceded, and, indeed, gave rise to the inven-tion of the tonsillotome. The uvulatomes, however, which were in usein this country at the end of the eighteenth century, were of a very roughconstruction, and it was only when the introduction of the laryngoscopegave a great impetus to the study of throat affections, that the modernuvulatome was invented. The credit of greatly improving this instrument. Fig. 7.—The Authors Uvulatome. In the complete instrument the upper surface, with the cuttingblade, is shown ; whilst in the other drawing the under surface, with the forceps which seize the uvulawhen cut through, is seen. is due to Dr. Elsberg, of New York. His instrument consisted of a cut-ting blade which was drawn back until placed in situ; and was then sud-denly discharged by touching a trigger in its upper surface. Beneaththe blade were forceps, which seized the uvula as it was cut , however, that this instrument was inconvenient in practice, asthe strong spring imparted a great jerk to the instrument, whilst the bladeoften failed to cut through the uvula, I abandoned the spring and triggerarrangement and added a second cutting blade. One of the blades ispushed forward by the thumb whilst the other is a fixture at the distalextremity of the i
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