cystoscope
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Other inventions: a combination cystoscope and radium applicator for treating tumors of the bladder; a special type of lithotrite, an instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.
From Time Magazine Archive
He designed a modern cystoscope, a tubular instrument with a prism and electric light, used for examining the interior of the bladder.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cystoscope is a straight, hollow metal tube about the size of a long cedar pencil, which the surgeon introduces into the adult bladder, which has already been filled with warm boracic lotion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
But it is in the diagnosis of the tumors, and encysted or impacted calculi, that the most essential service may be anticipated from the use of the cystoscope.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various
It represents the position of the tumor and cystoscope when the best view of it was obtained.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various
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