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Title: New elements of operative surgery
Year: 1851 (1850s)
Authors: Velpeau, A. (Alfred), 1795-1867 Townsend, Peter S. (Peter Solomon), 1796-1849 Mott, Valentine, 1785-1865
Subjects: Surgery, Operative Surgery, Minor Surgical Procedures, Operative
Publisher: New York : Samuel S. & William Wood
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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SINGS. 223 To inject between the lids and eye, it is better to use a ^^s- ^■>small syphon syringe, slightly conical in shape, like theurethral syringe, (Fig. 139.) For the mouth and nose, ifwe*v.ish to inject copiously, we have need, sometimes, ofa sjTinge of larger size. The same remark applies fo ab-scesses, and fistulous passages in all the regions of thebody. If the cavity to be washed is very la.rge, we haverecourse to an enema syringe. Injections of the urethra are made with syringes to containabout an ounce of liquid, (Fig. 140 ;) the syphon portion isintroduced completely into the canal, which latter is heldso that it closely embraces the instrument, while withthe other hand the piston is forced upon the liquid, (Fi§.140.) It is important that the finger making the com-pression should not go beyond the point of the syringe, andthat the injection thus forced in should be retained a minute ortwo in its place, or, if it is not of a very active nature, that it be (Fig. 140.)
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repeated two or three times at each sitting. The tendency of theseinjections is rarely to penetrate into the bladder. Supposing, how-ever, that there may be something to apprehend in this respect, weshould prevent it by supporting the perinasum upon the angle of achair, or a hard pelote, during the whole period of the operation, orby causing some one to make pressure on this region with thefinger. Injections into the bladder could readily be made with the samesyringe, which should be filled several times ; but it is decidedly 224 NEW ELEMENTS OF OPERATIVE SURGERY

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