Catalogue of Sharp & Smith : importers, manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in surgical instruments, deformity apparatus, artificial limbs, artificial eyes, elastic stockings, trusses, crutches, supporters, galvanic and faradic batteries, etc., surgeons' appliances of every description . ated by a * are illustrated. 464 SHARP & SMITH, CHICAGO. MOUTH AND THROAT INSTRUMENTS. Fig. *2467 Dr. J. J. Higgins Self-retaining Tongue Depressor $ 4 50 A SELF-RETAINING TONGUE DEPRESSOR. By J. J. Higgins, A. M., M. D. Dr. Higgins says, among other things: In examinations of the fauces, andespecially
Catalogue of Sharp & Smith : importers, manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in surgical instruments, deformity apparatus, artificial limbs, artificial eyes, elastic stockings, trusses, crutches, supporters, galvanic and faradic batteries, etc., surgeons' appliances of every description . ated by a * are illustrated. 464 SHARP & SMITH, CHICAGO. MOUTH AND THROAT INSTRUMENTS. Fig. *2467 Dr. J. J. Higgins Self-retaining Tongue Depressor $ 4 50 A SELF-RETAINING TONGUE DEPRESSOR. By J. J. Higgins, A. M., M. D. Dr. Higgins says, among other things: In examinations of the fauces, andespecially in operations thereon, the need of a self-retaining tongue depressorand speculum oris is sadly felt. For all the minor operations—such as pen-ciling, application of remedial agents in divers ways, excision of the uvula, etc.—the convenience (in some cases the necessity) of having the use of both handsis without question. So strongly have I felt the want of a suitable instrumentfor such purposes in my own practice that I have been compelled (the arma-mentarium of our instrument makers not having one at all adapted to the regu-lar and daily use of the practitioner) to invent and have one made for my ownuse and feel constrained to make it more generally known through the columns of. 2467 your valuable paper. Mechanical description would be tedious, and is unnec-essary, as the cut illustrating the instrument is a perfect representation, and tellsthe story at a glance. It is adjustable for any size of mouth, or opening thereof—with not even discomfort, much less pain—can be handled and place in situ asreadily as the usual tongue depressor, and is self-retaining. It is manufacturedof the best quality of steel—handsomely nickel-plated—handle and otherattachments of vulcanite, baked on and highly polished, and thoroughly asep-tic in construction. Moreover, its construction is such that, by the simple turn of a milledscrew, an ordinary tongue depressor of a special and impr
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