A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . Kirsteins laryngoscope with electric-light attachment and inter-changeable depressor. (Thorner.) 594 DISEASES OF THE LARYNX. Fig. line with, the buccal cavity. The method is of limited application ouly^for but few patients are able to bear without resentment of the partsthe prolonged and somewhat painful manipulation which the methodnecessitates. The relative positions of patient and examiner can beappreciated by reference to the figure. The instrument consists of, first, a spat-ula fourteen centimetres long, and notchedso as to fit a
A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . Kirsteins laryngoscope with electric-light attachment and inter-changeable depressor. (Thorner.) 594 DISEASES OF THE LARYNX. Fig. line with, the buccal cavity. The method is of limited application ouly^for but few patients are able to bear without resentment of the partsthe prolonged and somewhat painful manipulation which the methodnecessitates. The relative positions of patient and examiner can beappreciated by reference to the figure. The instrument consists of, first, a spat-ula fourteen centimetres long, and notchedso as to fit against the median glosso-epiglottic ligament. The general shapeof the spatula accommodates itself to theparts which it is to fit 5 second, a hoodwhich is attached to the front end of thespatula and serves to keep the passageclear (for this hood Thorner has substi-tuted a flat plate, which makers the instru-ment less cumbersome and just as efficient);third, the handle of the spatula set at rightangles and carrying cords for attachmentto the electroscope. It will be seen thatby this method the examiner looks di-rectly down upon the cords themselvesinstead of upon a reversed image of t
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