. A manual of diseases of the nose and throat. Mouth-gag. should be away from the operator when the tube isproperly attached to the intubator. If, after screwingon a tube, it is found that the projecting edge is towardthe operator, then it is necessary to pull the obturatorout from the tube, turn the tube around at an angle of 360 DISEASES OF OROPHARYNX, TONSILS, TONGUE. 180 degrees, and reinsert the obturator, when the tube will be found in the proper position for insertion into the Fig. The jaws partly open. B. Lever, pressure on which in a downwarddirection opens the jaws.
. A manual of diseases of the nose and throat. Mouth-gag. should be away from the operator when the tube isproperly attached to the intubator. If, after screwingon a tube, it is found that the projecting edge is towardthe operator, then it is necessary to pull the obturatorout from the tube, turn the tube around at an angle of 360 DISEASES OF OROPHARYNX, TONSILS, TONGUE. 180 degrees, and reinsert the obturator, when the tube will be found in the proper position for insertion into the Fig. The jaws partly open. B. Lever, pressure on which in a downwarddirection opens the jaws. C. Screw which regulates the extent to which thelever may be depressed and the jaws opened. larynx. On the right-hand side of the head of the tubewill be found a small hole, through which a piece of floss DIPHTHERIA. 361 silk, three feet long, is to be threaded and the ends tiedtogether, to prevent the silk being pulled out. At C onthe intubator (Fig. 94) will be found a little knob, whichcan be pushed forward in a groove on the upper sideof the handle of the instrument. When this is doneit will be noticed that a jointed fork, B, slides downover the solid rod to which the obturator is attached,so as to strike the head of the tube and loosen it fromthe obturator. A mouth-gag (Fig. 95) accompanies aset of the instruments, for the purpose of keeping thejaws opened while the tubes are being inserted. Theset is completed by an extubator (Fig. 96). The jaws,A, of the extubator are kept clos
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