Surgical ward-work and nursing : a handbook for junior students of medicine and nurses / by Alexander Miles.

  • Miles, Alexander, 1865-
Date:
1894
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Credit: Surgical ward-work and nursing : a handbook for junior students of medicine and nurses / by Alexander Miles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing the cervix, of which Simpson's (Fig. 193) may serve as a type ; various forms of tent are also used, e.g. Laminaria Fig- 19s. (Fig. 194), a species of seaweed ; Carbolised Sponge (Fig. 195), and Tupelo, made from the root of an aquatic plant. Uterine Forceps are used in the removal of polypi, etc.^ and Figs. 196, 197, represent two patterns. Of the special instruments used in the operation of ovariotomy, and in allied operations, it is only necessary here to mention (i) Spencer Wells' Clamps (Fig. 198) ; (2) Compression Forceps; ('3) Cyst Forceps; (4) Trocar, with catch for cyst-wall, and tube to convey away the fluid ; (5) Ecraseurs, e.g., with wire rope, and Chassaignacs, with chain (Fig. 199). THE END.