Lessons in laryngoscopy and rhinoscopy : including the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the throat and nose / by Prosser James.

  • James, Prosser, 1836-1918.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Lessons in laryngoscopy and rhinoscopy : including the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the throat and nose / by Prosser James. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tube (c) attached to the lamp (a) by a socket (b), fixed by a pair of pivots to regulate the height. A reflector (d) and a counterpoise (e) complete the instrument. A good lens attached to a pair of spring forceps that will clasp any lamp, serves also as a simple apparatus for the use of direct light. Such an instrument is sold as Dr. Johnson's. Dr. Fauvel, of Paris, has improved upon this by devising a very simple and portable laryngoscopic lamp, the use of which is shown in the annexed engraving (Fig. 9.) Fig. 9. This instrument can be used in any position. The illumination is obtained by direct light, passing from the lamp through the lens A. A tongue-clasp is also attached, but this is not often required. The little lamp is very useful for examining a patient in the recumbent position; but this can be dispensed with, and the Fauvel lens used with any lamp, thus com-