A brief description of surgical apparatus : intended to accompany a series of delineations of the most important mechanical auxiliaries of surgery / by Henry T. Chapman.

  • Chapman, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1806-1874.
Date:
1832
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Credit: A brief description of surgical apparatus : intended to accompany a series of delineations of the most important mechanical auxiliaries of surgery / by Henry T. Chapman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. 6. Eagland's Exomphalos Truss. This is the truss for retaining umbilical hernia, invented by Eagland Seii^., late of Leeds, and recommended by Mr. Hey in the later editions of his surgical ob- servations. Fig. 7. A second form of truss for umbilical hernia, invented for Mr. Hey by Marrison of Leeds, and of which a drawing is given in the earlier editions of Mr. Hey's work. An ingenious variety of this form of truss, adapted to females, is constructed by Weiss, namely, the projection of a curved spring and pad from the inside of the busk passing down the centre of a pair of stays. Fig. 8. The suspensory scrotal bandage (PI. I. fig. 5). Besides its use in supporting the scrotum, the bag truss is a very convenient bandage for retaining a catheter in the bladder ; to answer this purpose, it is necessary to stitch three or four tapes round the opening through which the penis passes, and tie them to the end of the catheter when introduced. A, The thigh-strap, brought round the back part of the thigh on each side, to be fastened to the waistband over the hips. Fig. 15. The Truss for femoral hernia. Pessaries are instruments introduced into the vagina to support the uterus, bladder, vagina itself, and oppose hernial descents in its neighbourhood. Of the ring and ball pessaries there are six sizes, and out of this number a selection should