Operative gynecology : . ec/(er,£ Fig. 213.—Bent Hairpins Grasped in Artery Forcepsand Used as a Speculum to Expose the AnteriorPortion of the Urethra, More Particularly theOrifices of Skenes Glands. CYSTOSCOPY. 355. The Light.—The best ilruminant is the strong white electric light. I com-monly use a sixteen-candle-power droplight set in a socket on a short woodenhandle, with a simple oval tin reflector, evenly coated with white enamel painton the inside, covering half of it; the current is conveyed • (1 from the wall by cords, and the connection with the wallis made by means of a movable sock


Operative gynecology : . ec/(er,£ Fig. 213.—Bent Hairpins Grasped in Artery Forcepsand Used as a Speculum to Expose the AnteriorPortion of the Urethra, More Particularly theOrifices of Skenes Glands. CYSTOSCOPY. 355. The Light.—The best ilruminant is the strong white electric light. I com-monly use a sixteen-candle-power droplight set in a socket on a short woodenhandle, with a simple oval tin reflector, evenly coated with white enamel painton the inside, covering half of it; the current is conveyed • (1 from the wall by cords, and the connection with the wallis made by means of a movable socket; it is ready foruse at any moment, and can be carried from room toroom. When there is no electric light available, I take withme a small storage battery weighing ten pounds andmeasuring 10 by 6^ by 4^ inches, which runs a six-voltfour-candle-power mignon lamp for fifteen hours. Thelittle light is attached to the head band and inclosedin a short metal cylinder with a reflector behind tube carrying a convex lens fits over the cylinder,covering in the light, and moves on a ratchet, afford-ing an adjustment which concentrates the illuminationon a small circle at the desired point. If a direct elec-tri


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