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Title: Operative surgery
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Bryant, Joseph D. (Joseph Decatur), 1845-1914
Subjects: Surgery, Operative Surgery, Operative
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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ppearance of a single flattened tube. Each catheter is separatelymovable about its longitudinal axis within the sheath. On the flattenedsurfaces and the lateral portions of the semicircular surfaces are a number * Annals of Surgery, December. 1809. oiKi;aII(>.ns ox visckka (onnkcti:!* wiiii i*i;i.m loxja .m. ^^7 of small iRTroraLiuus. Ilic disLal f.\Lrumit.y oi cat-li caLliclcr is round andcuiVfd in the same plane as the proximal extremity, forming about a quad-rant of a circle, the same as the curved end of an ordinary nude souml.The curves of the two extremities bein_<; on the same plane, the distal endwill always iiulicate accuiatcly the exact direction of the ;)r(»xiiiial end. Thedistal extremity of each catheter is connected by means of a short piece ofrubber tubini^ (r, c) with a separate glass vial. Tiie corks of the vials aredoubly perforated and each vial is finally connected by a piece of rubbertubing with a single rubber exhaust bulb(r/). There is a metal lever ((»)
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Fig. 1089.—The differentiation of urines, Harriss instrument, a, a. Double catheter, h.Common sheath, c, c. Rubber tubing connecting catheters with vials, d. Exhaustbulb. e. Metal lever, f. Fork connecting with the lever. about eleven and a half inches long, with a handle at one end, the extremitybeing suitably curved and flattened, laterally. This lever is provided with asingle perforation near the handle, is flattened at the sides, and notchedalong its lower border. A detachable curved forked metal piece connectsthe catheter with the lever when in use (/). This connecting piece isprovided with a spiral spring arranged to catch in the iiotches on the undersurface of the lever. The instrument is used in the following manner : Thepatient, male or female, is placed comfortably on a table in the ordinarylithotomy position, the hips being as high as the shoulders. The instrumentwith the flattened surfaces in contact, so as to form practically a singlecatheter, is introduced into the bla

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