Abstract
In tonsillar operations the usual methods employed in the administration of ether, supplemented in some cases with chloroform, are often linked with awkwardness and inefficiency. The anesthetist is required to perform many duties at one and the same time, and frequently finds that he could very well use more than two hands. The instrument to be described greatly simplifies this procedure, increases safety and provides illumination of the throat. The patient is etherized in the usual manner, the gag is inserted, and the lighted end of the hook is placed in the mouth as shown. The proper amount of clearance between the end of the hook and the palate is secured by slightly raising or lowering the handle of the instrument, using the teeth as a fulcrum. By a pull on the finger-holds of the hook the patient's head may be thrown into any amount of extension desired. The anesthetist
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