Fig. 5. A spatula. A. The part for spreading of plaisters. B. The part for pressing down the tongue; for which reason it is made full of holes that it may the better press down the tongue.
Fig. 6. A probe. A. the probe. B. A triangular point on which lint may be wrapped to wipe the sore with, as it is easy taken off again.
Fig. 7. A arm tied up for bleeding, with the three veins as they generally appear when swelled up.
Fig. 8. A vein of a kind of three orifices. A. Is a longitudinal orifice, which will not let the blood run freely. B. Transverse; in making such orifice the vein is apt to be divided; besides it is not very easily stopped, and will not admit of an orifice large enough to let the blood run out with freedom. C. An oblique opening, the medium between the two former; and always the best orifice.
Fig. 9. A key-tooth instrument. A. The handle, made of ivory. B. The comb of the instrument, which should be wrapped round with a little rag, and is that part which rests against the jaw bone. C. The hook which is brought over the tooth. D. The screw at the end of the key, by which the hook is shifted as occasion requires. E. The screw by which the handle is fixed to the instrument.
Fig. 10. Common splints used for fractures; these splints are made of thin boards of pine or cedar, glewed on to leather, and then ridged so, that they may easily bend and suit to the limb which they are applied to.
Fig. 11. A single headed rowler, or bandage, this bandage is generally used for a fractured arm or leg.
Fig. 12. A double-headed rowler, generally for dislocations.
Fig. 13. A many-tailed bandage. A. The back part slip, that keeps the bandage together. B. The stitches coming thro’ the bandage. C. The slips of the bandage. D. The part next the ancle, from whence the parts upwards have a gradual increase.
Fig. 14. Mr. Sharp’s invented splints, made of paste-board. A. The external splint. B. The leather straps. C. The strap, that comes under the foot. E. The internal splint. F. The loop through which the strap that comes under the foot is put. G. Small iron buttons, on which the straps are fastened.