[Collection of engraved plates of the anatomy of the human body published by J. Johnson].

Date:
1806-1808
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: [Collection of engraved plates of the anatomy of the human body published by J. Johnson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.—BELLOWS, &c. Fig. ]. The bellows, with the flexible tube annexed, for throwing up the smoke of tobacco into the rectum, chiefly employed in resuscitation, but which may be useful in cases of hernia. ft The brass box containing the lighted tobacco, the smoke of which is impelled by the bellows, ft The nozzle of the bellows, with a grating to pre- vent the sparks from passing into the rectum. 2, An instrument for inflating the lungs. « The extremity, to receive the wooden mouth- piece (ft), if the breath of a healthy person be employed. To the other extremity (c) may be applied the pipe (d), which Alls up one nostril, or the extremity («) of the sil- ver tube (Fig. 3.), which passes beyond the glottis. Fig. 4. A larger tube for the same purpose, supposed to be more convenient. 5. and 6. Two ivory pipes for the rectum, to be attached to the extremity of Fig. 1.