| Eponyms in category: Medical instruments, apparatuses, equipment |
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| Abbot's tube (Miller-Abbott tube (Thomas Grier Miller and William Osler Abbott)) |
| A long (3 m) double-channel intestinal tube |
| Abbott-Miller tube (Miller-Abbott tube (Thomas Grier Miller and William Osler Abbott)) |
| A long (3 m) double-channel intestinal tube |
| Abrams' cannula |
| A special cannula used in percutan pleurabiopsy.
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| Adson-Graefe forceps |
| 125 mm long tissue forceps. |
| Albarran's lever |
| A device for refining the movements of the cytoscope during catheterisation of the ural tubes.
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| Allen's splint |
| Hand splint of aluminum. |
| Allis' tweezers or clamp |
| A surgical clamp introduced by Allis in 1883. |
| Anel's probe |
| A probe for the lacrimal and nasal ducts.
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| Anel's syringe |
| The first fine point syringe |
| Anger camera |
| A type av gamma-kamera. |
| Arzberger's pear |
| A hollow pear-shaped device thorugh which cool water is passed after it has been inserted into the rectum. |
| Astrup's micro method |
| An indirect method for measuring the acid-base status of the blood. |
| Astrup’s microapparatus (Astrup's micro method) |
| An indirect method for measuring the acid-base status of the blood. |
| Bagolini lens |
| A Bagolini lens is a device that consists of a plane lens containing almost imperceptible striations that do not obscure visualization of objects. |
| Bailliart's ophthalmodynamometer |
| An instrument used to measure the blood pressure of the central retinal artery. |
| Bailliart's tonometer |
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| Bailliart’s goniometer |
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| Balkan frame |
| An overhead quadrilateral framework that fits over the bed. |
| Barnes' bags or dilators |
| A series of graduated rubber bags for dilating the uterine cervix in cases where labour is to be induced. |
| Barnes-Neville forceps |
| A forceps used for both mid and low deliveries. |
| Barnes-Neville-Simpson forceps (Sir James Young Simpson) |
| An obstetrical forceps. |
| Barnes-Neville-Simpson obstetrical forceps (Barnes-Neville-Simpson forceps (Sir James Young Simpson)) |
| An obstetrical forceps. |
| Brocq and R. Dulot apparatus |
| Instrument destniné à pratiquer l'enchevillement du col fémoral. |
| Brooke's tubus |
| Modified pharyngeal Safar-tube with separate expiration valve for diverting of the air breathed out by the patient.
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| Brown-Buerger cystoscope (F. Tilder Brown) |
| A cytoscope described by Buerger in 1909 |
| Cornet's forceps |
| Forceps to hold a cover glass.
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| Crosby's capsule (Crosby-Kugler capsule) |
| Capsule used for taking samples from the intestinal mucosa.
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| Crosby-Kugler capsule |
| Capsule used for taking samples from the intestinal mucosa.
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| Delbet's apparatuses |
| Apparatuses for fractures of the humeral diaphysis, for ambulatory treatment of the thigh bone, and for ambulatory treatment of fractures of the lower leg.
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| Deprez-d'Arsonval galvanometer |
| The mobile circuit galvanometer. |
| Duchenne's trocar |
| A harpoon-like biopsy needle which made possible percutaneous muscle biopsies without anesthesia |
| Eicken's cannula |
| Curved catheter for rinsing of the maxillary air sinus after a resection of the maxillary air sinus.
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| Eicken's hook |
| A strong, curved metal sonde used in Eicken's method.
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| Einthoven's galvanometer |
| The string galvanometer invented by Einthoven in 1901. |
| Elschnig Dissecting Knife. |
| This instrument is referred to in the literature, but no description is available. |
| Fleischl-Miescher haemometer |
| The first haemometer. |
| Förster's photometer |
| Apparatus for clinical determination of adaptation. |
| Glisson's sling |
| A bandage used in cervical traction to support the head. Often used with other instruments for correcting scoliosis. |
| Haab's magnet |
| A powerful magnet used for removing metallic particles from the eye. |
| Hayem-Sahli haemocytometer |
| A microscope used for determining the number of platelets in a stated volume of blood. |
| Heimlich chest drainage valve (Heimlich's valve) |
| A valve used in pleura drainage, often when patients are being moved. |
| Heimlich's valve |
| A valve used in pleura drainage, often when patients are being moved. |
| Itard's catheter |
| Eustachian catheter.
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| Köhler illumination (Köhler's principle) |
| A procedure for adjusting a microscope's condenser height and apertures in a way that optimises object illumination. |
| Köhler's principle |
| A procedure for adjusting a microscope's condenser height and apertures in a way that optimises object illumination. |
| Lieberkühn |
| A concave, highly polished silver speculum that provides intense reflection of the sun’s rays directly upon the object to be studied in the microscope. |
| Lieberkühn's solar microscope |
| Microscope based on the principle of Fahrenheit’s solar microscope of 1736 used in illuminating opaque objects. |
| Martin's tube |
| A drainage tube with a cross piece near the extremity to keep it from slipping out of a cavity.
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| Meyer-Schwickerath coagulator |
| A device that concentrates the sun's light to a small focal point to create retinal lesions. Used to treat retinal disease.
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| Mikulicz's enterotome |
| An enterotome originally developed by Guillaume Dupuytren. |
| Mikulicz's mask |
| Gauze-covered frame worn over nose and mouth during performance of operation.
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| Miller-Abbott tube (Thomas Grier Miller and William Osler Abbott) |
| A long (3 m) double-channel intestinal tube |
| Montgomery straps |
| Adhesive straps affixed to the skin arranged opposite to each other so that gauze straps can be placed between holes of each end of the middle of the paired tapes. |
| Nélaton's catheter |
| Soft, tubular rubber bladder catheter made by vulcanised caoutchouc. |
| Nélaton's probe |
| A porcelain-tipped probe for locating bullets. |
| Neville-Barnes forceps (Barnes-Neville forceps) |
| A forceps used for both mid and low deliveries. |
| Petri dish |
| A shallow, cylindrical dish made of plastic or glass with a cover, used for tissue cultures and to hold solid media for culturing and sub-culturing bacteria. |
| Petri sand filter. |
| No description available. |
| Politzer's bag |
| A pear-shaped rubber bag with a rubber tip which is used to inflate the middle ear and increase the pressure in the nasopharynx by forcing air through the eustachian tube. |
| Politzer's ear perforator. |
| No description presently available. |
| Politzer's knife. |
| No description presently available. |
| Politzer's otoscope. |
| No description presently available. |
| Politzer's speculum. |
| No description presently available |
| Rocci's apparatus |
| The sphygmanometer. |
| Sachs' lamp |
| A lamp for screening of diasclera.
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| Sahli's apparatus |
| Instrument used in Sahli's method for determination of haemoglobin. |
| Sahli's method I |
| One of the original techniques for measuring haemoglobin calorimetrically, with a haemometer. |
| Sahli’s tube (Sahli's apparatus) |
| Instrument used in Sahli's method for determination of haemoglobin. |
| Schilling's counting chamber |
| A laboratory apparatus for counting cellular elements in liquids (blood, liquor).
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| Schimmelbusch' cooking apparatus |
| Apparatus for cooking instruments.
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| Schimmelbusch' mask |
| A narcosis mask for dripping liquid inhalation anaesthetic, for instance ether, into open narcosis systems. |
| Simpson's forceps (Sir James Young Simpson) |
| An obstetrical forceps.
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| Simpson's uterine sound (Sir James Young Simpson) |
| A slender, flexible metal rod used for diagnosing retro-positions of the uterus. |
| Sims' uterus probe (James Marion Sims) |
| Graded probe for measuring the length of the uterus.
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| Stryker bed (Stryker frame (Homer Stryker)) |
| A frame that holds the patient and permits turning in various planes without individual motion of parts, allowing staff to turn a patient easily. |
| Stryker frame (Homer Stryker) |
| A frame that holds the patient and permits turning in various planes without individual motion of parts, allowing staff to turn a patient easily. |
| Stryker saw (Homer Stryker) |
| A vibrating saw used for cutting bones or plaster casts. |
| Sudeck's mask |
| A metal face mask for application of ether anaesthesia. |
| Swan-Ganz catheter |
| A flexible catheter with a terminal inflatable balloon used to measure pressure in the pulmonary artery. |
| Tillaux' apparatus |
| A device used to reduce and maintain femoral diaphysis fractures in constant steady extension.
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