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The Liston knife is a type of knife used in surgical amputation. The knife was named after Robert Liston, [1] a Scottish surgeon noted for his skill and speed in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. The knife was made out of high-quality metal and had a typical blade length of 6–8 inches.
Robert Liston FRCSE FRCS FRS (28 October 1794 – 7 December 1847) [1] was a British surgeon. Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics , when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival.
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Rongeur. A rongeur is heavy-duty surgical instrument with a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, used for gouging out bone.Rongeur is a French word meaning rodent or 'gnawer'. [1] A rongeur can be used to open a window in bone, often in the skull, in order to access tissue underneath.
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Surgeon William Clowes wrote about the instrument in a medical treatise written in 1596, that amputation required the use of "a very good catlin, and an incision knife," [1] Later, surgeon John Woodall referred to a "catlinge" in a work in 1639. By 1693, when British navy surgeon John Moyle described proper amputation techniques, he wrote that ...
A bulldog forceps, clamp or serrefine is a type of forceps which is used in surgery.It has serrated jaws and a spring action so that it will grip and hold sutures, tissues or vessels.