. The Boston medical and surgical journal. he maker, I takethe liberty to give the professiona brief description of it throughthe medium of the Medical Jour-nal. The object for which it wasinvented by Dr. A. T. Thomson,of London, was to administer me-dicine to infants and children, topersons so ill as to require foodor physic whilst in a horizontalposture, and to maniacs. A general idea of this instru-ment may be obtained by compar- BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL. 375 ing it to a common spoon coveredentirely over, excepting only asmall space near the point throughwhich the contained liqui
. The Boston medical and surgical journal. he maker, I takethe liberty to give the professiona brief description of it throughthe medium of the Medical Jour-nal. The object for which it wasinvented by Dr. A. T. Thomson,of London, was to administer me-dicine to infants and children, topersons so ill as to require foodor physic whilst in a horizontalposture, and to maniacs. A general idea of this instru-ment may be obtained by compar- BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL. 375 ing it to a common spoon coveredentirely over, excepting only asmall space near the point throughwhich the contained liquid is toflow. If such a spoon were filled,its contents would evidently beprevented from flowing into themouth by the pressure of the airon the exposed surface. This A B evil is avoided by making thehandle a hollow cylinder openinginto the bowl, as represented inthe engraving below.—For thepurpose of introducing the mixtureto be given, more readily into thespoon, a lid is fixed into the cover,which may be raised and shutagain at
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