Appendix to Down Bros.' catalogue of surgical instruments and appliances : Octoberr 1910 / Down Bros., Ltd.
- Down Bros. (Firm)
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Appendix to Down Bros.' catalogue of surgical instruments and appliances : Octoberr 1910 / Down Bros., Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![DOWN BROS.. Ltd., 21 cS: 23, St. Tho.m.\s’s St., J.oxdon, S.E. Xo. BATISTE CLOAK. 1)258 92.38. Batiste Cloak,— For us«' wliilt' .syringing the ear to protect patient’s clothes, eacli REST FOR FOOT. 4 )25{) Foot Rest, - For use while Hos])ital 9201). haiulaging leg, as made for King’s College . each £ s. d. 0 5 a 0 14 0 GAUZE PROBE OR PACKER, for packing Gauze Plugs into Sinuses. SlTiOK.STKl) BY Mh. B. T. X'eRVER, OF Guy’s HosPIT.AL. -kSc 1)2()() FULL SIZE Gauze Probes or Packers,— N'erver's, silver .... each, 5 in., I5. ; (i in. 0 1 8 Extract from “Guy’s Hospital Gazette,” July 24, 1909. .All extivinely useful probe ha.s been designed by iMr. IT J’. ^ orver, intended to substitute the use of sinus forceps when inserting gau/.o drains, particularly in inastoiil wounds, but also generally ajiplicable to any wound or sinus. By catching the drain in the shallow terminal slit, one is enabled to jia.ss it into the narrowest sinus with a minimum of jiain and discomfort to the patient and without repeated withdrawals, duo to its being cauglit in tlie jaws of the sinus forceps. It is found that on withdrawal of the jirobe the drain is always left in situ. U*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29012946_0239.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
