Buffon and Brown mention infibulation in Abyssinia, the parts being separated by a bistoury at the time of marriage.
The opening was so small that he had to enlarge it with a bistoury to replace the bowel, which was dark and congested; he sutured the wound with silver wire, but the child subsequently died.
The bistoury is next to be carried backwards through the stricture till it enters that part of the urethra (usually dilated in such cases) which intervenes between the seat of obstruction and the neck of the bladder.
We went to the room and got the bistoury and the forceps given me by a medical friend before I left home.
The secretary took the bistoury from the bowl containing the sublimate and handed it to me with a bow.
While doing this I fumbled in the spacious pockets of my khaki hunting-coat and secured the bistoury with which I made a deep incision in the flesh over the wound, causing the blood to flow freely.
The knife figured by Albucasis as used for the purpose is a small curved bistoury (Pl.
Another specimen also of this class, but with the blade so long in proportion to its width as to deserve the name of a blunt-pointed bistoury was excavated in a third-century graveyard at Stree, and is now in the Charleroi Museum.
There is in the Orfila Museum, Paris, a fine little two-edged bistoury of bronze with a probe point (Pl.
This done, a clean incision is made with the bistouryor the scalpel in the direction of the vessels.
Those that are necessary will be a sharp scalpel, or, if preferred, one of the many forms of bistoury devised for the purpose (see Fig.
This being accomplished, and the ulcer properly exposed, a straight blunt-pointed bistoury (Fig.
If the internal opening is more than an inch from the anus, a probe-pointed bistoury (Figs.
A straight, narrow, and sharp-pointed bistoury is carried in a semicircular sweep over the back part of the joint, so as to divide the integuments, and open completely the articulating cavity.
A sharp-pointed bistoury is passed through the swollen membrane, and radiating incisions practised, commencing at the corneal margins, and directing them towards the circumference of the globe.
On the point of the bistoury being fairly lodged in the lachrymal duct, a probe is passed along it; the knife is then withdrawn, and the passage is gently dilated by the probe.
A sharp-pointed bistoury is then passed through the upper lip, previously stretched and raised by an assistant, close to the ruins of the former columna, and about an eighth of an inch on one side of the mesial line.
The point of a straight narrow bistoury is to be entered into the sac, and carried on into the nasal duct, the knife being pushed downwards, backwards, and a little inwards, in the direction of that passage.
The bistoury is then withdrawn and reinserted at the point at which it was first made to turn upwards.
In carrying out these manipulations care must be taken that the outer portion of the bistoury does not injure the tragus or other portion of the auricle, a mistake which can easily occur.
The following is the technique I adopt: A long, narrow, curved bistoury is passed down the auditory meatus so that it projects through the detached end of the fibrous portion, its point being directed backwards.
Bistoury incising the posterior fibrous portion of the auditory canal.
The incision is made by means of a paracentesis knife, which is shaped like a tiny bistoury set at an angle to its handle (Fig.
After the abscess has been opened, the forceps or bistoury should be retained in position until the pus has drained away.
The edge of the bistoury is then directed in a slanting direction upwards and outwards, and the incision continued as far as the cartilaginous portion of the meatus, care being taken not to cut into the concha.
For these reasons a fine pair of Lister’s sinus-forceps or a narrow-bladed bistoury is recommended.
If in the apex, by a V-shaped incision; if in the lateral regions, by a bold free incision with a probe-pointed bistoury round the tumour.
Liston "entered the bistoury over the external angular process of the frontal bone, and carried it down through the cheek to the corner of the mouth.
A probe-pointed bistoury to be introduced into the elbow-joint in front of the humerus, and then behind and carried upwards, so as to divide the upper capsular attachments in front and behind.
The doctor entered the blade of a bistouryin the triangular space bounded by the prostate, the vesiculæ seminales, and the peritoneal reduplication.
When he distinctly feels the outline of the staff, he takes it in his left hand, and a short sharp-pointed bistoury in his right.
Another advantage is the extreme ease with which disarticulation may be performed on emergency, no saw being required, and the ordinary bistoury of the pocket-case being quite sufficient for cutting the flaps.
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