A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, oesophagus, nose and naso-pharynx . Fig. 54.—Dr. George Stokers Rotary Polypus Forceps. A. shows the instrument open ; a, the springcatch; 6, slit through which a passes when the blades are brought together; c, double cog-screw, allow-lowing the stem of the instrument to be twisted round independently of the handle. B shows the bladeslocked and partly turned round. tissue to be removed having been firmly grasped with the forceps, thecutting point is driven home with the operators free Fig. 55.—The Auth
A manual of diseases of the throat and nose : including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, oesophagus, nose and naso-pharynx . Fig. 54.—Dr. George Stokers Rotary Polypus Forceps. A. shows the instrument open ; a, the springcatch; 6, slit through which a passes when the blades are brought together; c, double cog-screw, allow-lowing the stem of the instrument to be twisted round independently of the handle. B shows the bladeslocked and partly turned round. tissue to be removed having been firmly grasped with the forceps, thecutting point is driven home with the operators free Fig. 55.—The Authors Nasal Bone-Forceps, a, central pivot, through the perforated extremity ofwhich slides 6, connected with the handle, /; c, upper, and d, lower blade of the forceps; e, rest forthe operators right forefinger. Snares and Hcraseurs.—Snares have been used for many years for theremoval of polypi. The best known instrument of this sort is that ofHilton (Fig. 56), which consists of a quadrangular shank, terminating at 1 For information concerning the origin of this instrument, see the History ofNon-malignant Tumors of the Nose. 188 DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND NOSE. one end in a ring for the thumb of the operator, and at the other in atapering nasal portion. A cross-bar to which the ends of the wire aresecured slides on the quadrangular part of the shank. The distal end ofthe nasal part is bulbous, and is perforated in the longitudinal directionwith two holes, through which the wires pass to form a loop beyond thepoint of the instrument. This instrument has been improve
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