Show use of the telephone ne in surgery burger A remarkable a application las b been een made by dr J mount bleyer in a case of membranous croup was successfully resorted to when the r removal e inov alof of the tube became necessary it had disappeared tracheotomy would evidently have to be performed but the difficulty was to locate the tube A delicato delicate metallic probe attached to an electric wire the other end of which terminated in a telephone receiver was passed down through the larynx As soon as it calein came in contact with the tube a distinct click was communicated to the ear through 0 I 1 the receiver the exact location leavin having thus been determined tracheotomy tr ach was performed and the tube extracted tr new york boric telegram I 1 |