An appeal to the medical profession, on the utility of the improved patent syringe, with directions for its several uses, shewing ... the validity of the ... claims of the patentee / [John Read].

  • Read, John, 1760-1847
Date:
[1825?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An appeal to the medical profession, on the utility of the improved patent syringe, with directions for its several uses, shewing ... the validity of the ... claims of the patentee / [John Read]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Position of the Syringe for extracting Poison from the Stomach. MODE OF USING THE INSTRUMENT. The (Esophagus tube is first passed into the Stomach ; next, the two first lengths of the othe* tubes are fixed to the lateral branch of the Syringe, and the detached brass socket being screwed to ♦ he extremity, the armed end of the (Esophagus tube is inserted into it, and the fluid thrown into the Stomach. The (Esophagus tube is next separated from the socket, and inserted into the extre¬ mity of the Syringe, when a few strokes of the piston empties the Stomach.