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Show H TELEPHONE AN AID TO SURGERY H ' i Correppondenre of The Assim iat-i I Press) . 'fHj London. Jan. 26. The usp of the HftfftephoUe as an aid to surgery d '?3fWB: f ''mmunicatinp to the operaior ihf B 'foise of conlact of knife, or forceps lSBB ,1pr probe with foreign bodies imbed-LH; imbed-LH; , ded in the flpsh, has heen disr -overed IrjaK' perfected by Sir Jame Mai ken- ffB Lie Davidson, who sa h method $tc9 J '5I1 do much to simplify. niin..r sur fx The X-ray, says Sir James, has seri-1l3pIfDi)tatiohs. seri-1l3pIfDi)tatiohs. It shows the pr-s N.Hp'-. Be of the foreign body, but gives no & ,r of 'the depth this body has pene- I or pf its relation to the partR H which it has lodged. Sur- .BLofteh fail to find the object H 'Bllhouett on the fluorescent HilisWBJBfHjTonhT-'Trom the V&r- ' -vC rollcries demonstrate the use of ',: Ji. Ht the telephone in surgery, as a potato mv nd a nail do quite as well. The Vf-V I "rgeon use a double pair of re-I re-I reivers, such as worn by wireless 1 i operators. One of the telephone TjfcLvlres is attached to a piece of plati-6aiu plati-6aiu Isflm foil. In a real operation. thi held id. plce on the patient'n plaster &r-bandagc In tho BJe potato is dipped into Ad placed on the foil. Hf the other telephone L-, turns is made fasti I Bone.' Ireedle or forceps H I Hng the wound or inci I Rurgeons instrument I I I K, whether in flesh or in Klstinct and unmistakable I Hr result..-. This means )'T'wy. ' Body is discovered -'":'ir. VtR A Popular fallacy that J& WsJT to remove not only B every scrap froni th" ' I iW experience has shown ff "'" Brian body does not mind ''$aBwh I Bl" a. 'he removal of bul-i-'"mjxfc I I Moo dangerous to attempt. |