A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, oesophagus, nose and naso-pharynx . ildren—when thelaryngoscope cannot be used. Sponges were at one time much used by Dr. Fauvel, of Paris, for ap-plying solutions to the larynx, and they possess the advantage that aperfectly new sponge can be used for each, patient at every visit. I havelately employed a very excellent American sponge-holder in this way, LARYNGEAL INSTRUMENTS. 181 after having slightly modified the instrument in order to make it quitesafe. To prevent the possibility of the sponge dropping, I
A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, oesophagus, nose and naso-pharynx . ildren—when thelaryngoscope cannot be used. Sponges were at one time much used by Dr. Fauvel, of Paris, for ap-plying solutions to the larynx, and they possess the advantage that aperfectly new sponge can be used for each, patient at every visit. I havelately employed a very excellent American sponge-holder in this way, LARYNGEAL INSTRUMENTS. 181 after having slightly modified the instrument in order to make it quitesafe. To prevent the possibility of the sponge dropping, I have added awedge, which fixes the blades of the sponge-holder immovably P. C. Smyly, of Dublin, uses cotton wool attached to a piece of bentaluminium wire by means of strong thread; the instrument is thrownaside after being once used, and fitted with a fresh piece of wool for eachoccasion. Laryngeal Injectors.—Various kinds of syringes have been inventedfor injecting fluids into the laryngeal cavity. I do not recommend thismethod of treatment, but those who wish to practise it will find Hartewelts. Pig. 30.—Hartewelts Drop Injector. Drop Injector (Fig. 30) a very manageable instrument. It is a hollowtube made of vulcanite, and suitably curved for introduction into thelarynx. At the junction of the shank and the handle, on the upper partof the instrument, is a small cavity covered with a drum-like piece ofcaoutchouc and communicating with the interior of the tube. The injec-tor is filled by pressing the air out of the cavity, and inserting the point
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