Fleam; a pair of crooked Forceps to draw a Tooth; a Pelican; a Crow's Bill; several sorts of Raspatories; a Hook to hold up the Skin in cutting, &c.
What are the Instruments which a Surgeon ought to keep in his Repository to perform the greater Operations?
Some of them are peculiar to certain Operations, and others are common to all. The Instruments appropriated to particular Operations, are the Trepan for opening the Bones in the Head, or elsewhere: The Catheters or Probes for Men and Women afflicted with the Stone, or difficulty of making Water. Extractors, to lay hold on the Stone in Lithotomy, and to gather together the Gravel; large crooked Incision-Knives, and a Saw, to make Amputations of the Arms or Legs; great Needles with three Edges, to be used in making Setons; small Needles to couch Cataracts; other Needles; thin Plates and Buckles to close a Hair-Lip, &c.
May not the Salvatory be reckon'd among the portable Instruments?
Yes, because the Balsams, Ointments, and Plaisters contain'd therein, are means whereof the Surgeon makes use to restore Health.
C H A P. III.
Of Anatomy in general; and in particular of all the Parts whereof the Humane Body is compos'd.
What is Anatomy?