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[Instruments and apparatus to correct medical conditions]
[Instruments and apparatus to correct medical conditions]
Instruments include tweezers or lithotomy forceps known as d'helvetiennes, a machine to correct a hunchback, lancets, devices to relieve hernias - one of which is a Le Dran hernial bistoury, and a bandage to contain a hernia.
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Is part of: Recueil de planches, sur les sciences... v. 2, pt. 2, p. 67, pl. VI