An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . The Authors Tonsillotome and Tonsil Vulsellum. abscission, and, again, misses the tonsil entirely, especially if this happens tobe rather small or flat. In other words, the new instrument, assisted by thevulsellum, will abscise many tonsils that could not be satisfactorily grasped bythe old mechanism, and it will abscise all tonsils with a reasonable degree ofaccuracy at the proper line. One can also by this instrument more easily avoid wounding the anteriorand posterior pillars, which eliminates one of the sources of persistent haemor-rha
An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . The Authors Tonsillotome and Tonsil Vulsellum. abscission, and, again, misses the tonsil entirely, especially if this happens tobe rather small or flat. In other words, the new instrument, assisted by thevulsellum, will abscise many tonsils that could not be satisfactorily grasped bythe old mechanism, and it will abscise all tonsils with a reasonable degree ofaccuracy at the proper line. One can also by this instrument more easily avoid wounding the anteriorand posterior pillars, which eliminates one of the sources of persistent haemor-rhage. The instrument therefore conduces to safety by virtue of greater pos-sible precision in operating. It is less formidable in appearance and is easy touse. No tongue-depressor is necessary, the body of the tonsillotome answeringthis purpose, at the same time that the vulsellum prongs grasp the tonsil todraw it from its bed into the ring of the tonsillotome. The proper line or point for abscission I believe to be close to the base ofthe gland, but n
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