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Invented by Henry Herbert Southey
(1783 -1865) sometimes referred to as Southey tubes this trocar
contains 4 silver perforated cannulae in the handle compartment so
that another was readily available when it was needed to leave one
inserted in the body for drainage purposes. (Seen on page 178 of
Elisabeth Bennion's Antique Medical Instruments) One such purpose
would have been for the drainage of peripheral oedema in the ankle,
leg or even the vulva. |
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