AN AID TO SPECULAR EXAMINATION

Abstract

At the Chicago Maternity Center we have been using a simple device, contrived by Dr. De Lee, to improve vaginal specular examinations, as shown in the illustration. A 2½ inch rubber sleeve, used in making cigaret drains, is slipped over the regular duckbill speculum. When the blades are opened a rubber side-wall is formed, which keeps the vagina from pouching into the field. This device is particularly useful in multiparas and pregnant women with relaxed and redundant vaginal walls. It also obtains good exposure for colposcopic examination and forms a protection to the tissues when the cervix is cauterized. 1336 Newberry Avenue.