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Credit: A new method of curing the fistula lacrymalis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ >6 ] than would be convenient; and the rea- fon why the cervix of the tents and their hollow ftiles are longer than thofe of the tubes is, that their rlfing a little is. often eligible ; yet their dependant canulse muft have length enough to reach beyond the bony ifthmus into the nofe. Tc will be proper to have a fliil fmaller fize than the laft, but of the fame lengthy, in readinefs, for children, &c. When thefe tubes, or tents, are formed of gold or (ilver, it is neceffary to leave one or two turns of a female fcrew in the top of their cup, or cylinder, or head ; but this will not be required when they are compofed of lead. The preceding particulars, to which may be added a common bleeding lancet, conftitutes the whole apparatus for curing the Fiftula Lacrymalis. By the probes which are calibered and graduated^ the place and degree of the obftruc-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21633927_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
