Tracheotomy in laryngeal diphtheria : after-treatment and complications / by Robert William Parker.

  • Parker, Robert William, -1913.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Tracheotomy in laryngeal diphtheria : after-treatment and complications / by Robert William Parker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A selection of trachea tubeSj and tape. A trachea aspirator or an elastic catheter. Some feathers. As useful^ may be added : Another scalpel. A fine saw. Scissors. Artery forceps. One or two bulldog forceps. Two double blunt hooks. One sharp hook. Laryngeal brushes. The automatic retractor. Needles. Ligature silk. A reflecting mirror will also be found very useful. Of chief importance among the foregoing instruments are the silver tubes; a pocket knife might be very well used on an emergency, and retractors extemporised out of hair-pins ; but the tubes must be carefully made and cannot be readily dispensed with. Fig 1.—Outline figure of the Trachea, showing its direction, and an Ordinary Tube in situ. The curve of the tube is a matter of great im- portance. The ordinary quarter-circle tubes do not correspond with the natural direction of