RT Journal
A1 SPENCER FR
T1 STitch scissors for eye, ear, nose and throat
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD November 20
VO LIII
IS 21
SP 1736
OP 1736
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.92550210033002a
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.92550210033002a
AB I have long felt the need of a pair of scissors which would enable me to remove stitches from wounds more rapidly than do ordinary scissors and at the same time with less inconvenience to the patient. The average surgical scissors are too heavy for the removal of stitches, and they often permit the sutures to slip over the end of the engaging blade.The scissors here illustrated enable one to remove stitches from the conjunctiva, lids, mastoid, turbinate, etc., with a minimum of pain.Physicians' Block.