A brief description of surgical apparatus : intended to accompany a series of delineations of the most important mechanical auxiliaries of surgery / by Henry T. Chapman.

  • Chapman, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1806-1874.
Date:
1832
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    Fig. 4. The curved bistoury, employed for lay- ing open fistulous canals. Fig. 5. The curved bistoury with a probe point, adapted to the same operations as the for- mer, but preferable in cases where the point might endanger blood-vessels or other parts of importance. In fistulas ani it can only be resorted to when a communication between the sinus and the gut exists. A modification of Millikin's sheathed bistoury (fig. 17.) is the most convenient mstrumeut for operating in this disease; the extremity of the sheath, E, is ground to a point, in order that it may perforate the coats of the rectum, and make a passage for the probe-pointed blade; being then withdrawn, the probe point is pushed forward, caught by the finger of the operator, and the ope- ration completed without the same hazard to the finger as with the pointed bistoury. Fig. 6. The common tenaculum, for transfixing the mouth of a divided artery, to draw it forth and place a ligature upon it, ■ i . c*. Fig. 7. Assalini's tenaculum; the branches > are closed by a spring, and retain a firm hold of the wounded vessel. With this instrument a surgeon may secure a bleeding artery without assistants, as its weight is sufficient to prevent retraction of the vessel. ' ^^'^^ ^ Fig. 8. Wilkinson's tenaculum, a form of the above combined with the forceps.