TY - JOUR
AU - Hartwig, Marcell
AB - Reoo ($nx£frarnervr<6. By MARCELL HARTWIG, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y. This instrument, which I have recommended and described in the Medical Record of January 17, 1891, page 80, has served me prac ­ tically for years. I have been satisfied wit hit every time ,so that I can heartily recommend it to the profession. It admit s perfect antiseptising (boiling), and excludes the air. A pump is not needed. Aboi^t four feet of rubber tubing wil l syphon the pleura l cavity perfectly. Oil the stylet with an antisep tic vaseline, and compres sthe rub­ ber interstice gently with two fingers while withdrawi ng the stylet . Keep up the compression with the hand holdin gthe trocar ; a light clam p can substitute the fingers . At a time when the diag ­ nosis of pleural exudatio n becomes possible ,there is probably always pressure enough in the pleura cavity l to expel the air from the syphoning tube. For safety ’s sake ,though, the tube should be filled wit han anti ­ septic fluid, when the troca is r plunged into the intercostal space in order to sta rt the syphoning, while the end of the tube 
TI - A Pleura-Trocar
JF - Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal
DA - 1892-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/a-pleura-trocar-c8bMiZV03c
SP - 495
EP - 495
VL - 31
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -