. The American homoeopathist . of the tissues away, as can be best demonstred by atcutting a piece of india-rubber with them and thendoing so with the ordinary scissor blades. Thepharangeal scissors are absolutely pointless scissorshinged about one-third of the distance from the extreme end, and thus 216 Casseday : Report of Progress in Eye and Ear composed of four blades, while formingbut two extra by cutting at the hingejoint as well as when the handles areclosed. This instrument is capable ofbeing used by any one however inexpert,and with it there is very little danger ofpiercing
. The American homoeopathist . of the tissues away, as can be best demonstred by atcutting a piece of india-rubber with them and thendoing so with the ordinary scissor blades. Thepharangeal scissors are absolutely pointless scissorshinged about one-third of the distance from the extreme end, and thus 216 Casseday : Report of Progress in Eye and Ear composed of four blades, while formingbut two extra by cutting at the hingejoint as well as when the handles areclosed. This instrument is capable ofbeing used by any one however inexpert,and with it there is very little danger ofpiercing the pharynx or injuring thevessels back of the tonsils. The scissorsare intended to trim a pharynx, to cutout small teat-like projections of theragged tonsil. The operator needs noforceps to use with this instrument,which leaves one hand free for anypurpose for which it may be required.£ The third instrument is the larangealscissors. These scissors were devisedfor the purpose of crushing or cutting thoseneoplasms which occur in the recesses of thelarynx. The instrument is adapted to one ofSchrotters tubes and handles and consists virtu-ally of the same idea as that of the hinged-jointfour-bladed scissors just given in the precedinginstrument, although much lessened in size andwith yet a differing lumen. The instrument isintroduced closed into the la
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