Cases with observations on wry neck : on the reduction of luxations of the shoulder joint; on the operation for hare lip; on cartilaginous substances of the knee joint; on aneurism; on the use of the extract of stramonium, and on the extraction of a gum elastic catheter from the bladder, by an incision above the pubis, under singular circumstances / by John Kirby.

  • Kirby, John
Date:
1819
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Credit: Cases with observations on wry neck : on the reduction of luxations of the shoulder joint; on the operation for hare lip; on cartilaginous substances of the knee joint; on aneurism; on the use of the extract of stramonium, and on the extraction of a gum elastic catheter from the bladder, by an incision above the pubis, under singular circumstances / by John Kirby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I had recourse to the authors who have been aheady quoted, that I might have one constructed upon their principle. While I was consulting these works, it occurred to me that I could combine all the advantages of their forceps, and ob- viate all the objections to its use, by ap- plying it merely to the edge of the lip, which it was intended to remove. Accordingly, I had a forceps made, which the above plate represents. It is provided with a spring joint and slide, on the principle of the field forceps. The plates are broader than the vertical mea- surement of the lip, and one of them ex- ceeds the length of the other by a line. /
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