Account of an elastic trochar, constructed on a new principle, for tapping the hydrocele, or watery rupture : by which the operation may be performed at any period of the disease, and with less pain than with the common trochar. With a few words in favor of a larger trochar, on a similar construction, for tapping the abdomen / By John Andree.
- Andree, John, approximately 1740-approximately 1820.
- Date:
- 1781
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Account of an elastic trochar, constructed on a new principle, for tapping the hydrocele, or watery rupture : by which the operation may be performed at any period of the disease, and with less pain than with the common trochar. With a few words in favor of a larger trochar, on a similar construction, for tapping the abdomen / By John Andree. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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