Manual of intragastric technique : practical lessons in the use of apparatus for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the stomach / by George Herschell.

  • Herschell, George, 1856-1914.
Date:
1903
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Credit: Manual of intragastric technique : practical lessons in the use of apparatus for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the stomach / by George Herschell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    My instrument was exhibited in the Section of Pharmacology at the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association held at Portsmouth in 1899. It consisted of a metal stand holding two glass cylinders, A and B. In each of these is placed a Higginson syringe, C and D, the afferent tubes of which, passing through specially designed spiral supports E and F on the handle G, are attached respectively to the limbs of a Y-piece H. From the third limb of this proceeds a rubber tube I, terminating in a conical nozzle J, of such size as to enter the smaller stomach tube K (the one terminating in the perforated ball). (See Fig. 31.) The handle G- is made to shut down into the apparatus for portability, but when in use is maintained at the proper height to keep the tubes of the Higginson syringes straight by a pin L, which enters a hole in the stand. The nozzle J is corrugated so as not to slip out of the rubber tube, and the free tubes of the syringes are best provided with adhesive discs which hold them tight to the bottom of the glass-cylinders. The central rod of the metal stand is graduated in ounces, so that an idea can be formed as to the amount of fluid which is being introduced into the stomach of the patient. In using the apparatus, hot and cold water are placed in A and B respectively. The apparatus is placed upon a table at a convenient height opposite to the patient, who sits upright in a chair. The double stomach tube is now passed into the stomach of the patient, and the conical mount J inserted into the proper tube. The other tube is to be connected with the