Fig. 1. A common bleeding lancet. A. The blade; which, when it is wiped after bleeding, should always be laid upon the handle B. and wiped but one way, to save the point. Fig. 2. An incision lancet. A. The point of the blade, which ought to incline one way most, in order to make it the better fit for opening of aposthumes. Fig. 3. A bistoury for opening of sores, &c. in general use. A. The blade. B. The handle in which the blade folds. Fig. 4. A pair of strong scissars. Fig. 5. A spatula. A. The part for spreading of plaisters. B. The part for pressing down the tongue; for which reason it is made full of holes that it may the better press down the tongue. Fig. 6. A probe. A. the probe. B. A triangular point on which lint may be wrapped to wipe the sore with, as it is easy taken off again. Fig. 7. A arm tied up for bleeding, with the three veins as they generally appear when swelled up. Fig. 9. A key-tooth instrument. A. The handle, made of ivory. B. The comb of the instrument, which should be wrapped round with a little rag, and is that part which rests against the jaw bone. C. The hook which is brought over the tooth. D. The screw at the end of the key, by which the hook is shifted as occasion requires. E. The screw by which the handle is fixed to the instrument. Fig. 10. Common splints used for fractures; these splints are made of thin boards of pine or cedar, glewed on to leather, and then ridged so, that they may easily bend and suit to the limb which they are applied to. Fig. 11. A single headed rowler, or bandage, this bandage is generally used for a fractured arm or leg. Fig. 12. A double-headed rowler, generally for dislocations. Fig. 14. Mr. Sharp’s invented splints, made of paste-board. A. The external splint. B. The leather straps. C. The strap, that comes under the foot. E. The internal splint. F. The loop through which the strap that comes under the foot is put. G. Small iron buttons, on which the straps are fastened. Fig. 15. A leg with the many-tailed bandages. A. The slips laid over each other. B. The under slip that secures the whole. C. A slip that secures the bandage to the foot. Fig. 16. A leg dressed with the splints. A. The bandage. B. The splint. C. The tie knots of the tape that secure the splint to the leg. Fig. 17. The inner view of a leg with Mr. Sharp’s splints. Fig. 18. The external view of the same. These two are copied from Mr. Sharp’s pamphlet. Fig. 19. A clyster syringe. A. the syringe made of pewter. B. A pipe made in such manner, as to enable a man to administer a clyster to himself. C. A common clyster pipe, that occasionally may be screwed on to the syringe. Fig. 21. The manner of closing a wound with plaisters, called the dry suture. Fig. 22. A common syringe made of ivory.
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