1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class X.: Weiss and Son
631A. WEISS and SON, 62 Strand — Inventors, Manufacturers, and Patentees.
Complete cabinet of surgical instruments, containing all that are necessary for general operations in surgery, and combining the latest improvements. In this cabinet, the instruments are so arranged, that each set is complete, and the drawers and trays are so planned, that the including Salt's instruments may be seen at once. The handles of the instruments are made of pressed buffalo horn, this substance being light and durable, and calculated to prevent their splitting or breaking.
The screw lithotrite, invented by the exhibitor.
The lithotrite, as used by Professor Fergusson, substituting the rack and pinion for the screw.
Invalid bed couch or bearer. When carefully placed on the bed by an attendant, it will enable the patient, with little assistance, to place himself in an easy position, as in a self-acting arm-chair. By means of a broad band placed underneath, he can be lifted out of bed and taken up or down stairs; and by a board sliding between the arms, it is rendered convenient for reading, writing, or refreshment.
Improved enema syringe, without valves or stop-cock.
Osteotome or rotary saw, for the excision of diseased or fractured bone.
Splint, with extending screw, for fractured leg or thigh.
Apparatus for contracted knee.
Support for the head in paralysis.
Jointed forceps for extracting foreign bodies from the throat.
Patent fleam, for bleeding horses or cattle, in which the depth of the lancet can be nicely regulated, and danger avoided.
The preceding articles are the inventions of the exhibitor.
Avery's lamp and reflector for examining the ear, throat, and different canals of the body. The peculiar features of this apparatus are, the employment of a lamp and mirror with an opening in the centre, which enables the operator to look immediately upon the object: and the use of gazeine, in the lamp, which gives a more brilliant light than can be obtained either from oil or from a candle: to this is added the necessary tubes, specula, etc.
Avery's new instrument for facilitating the operation of lithotomy: by this instrument an operation is performed with certainty.
Bulley's splint for fracture of the thigh. The advantages of this splint are, that while extension is kept up by means of a screw at the foot, the long continued and iujurious strain upon the knee is taken of by the use of a soft band passing above, and all excurvation of the thigh is prevented, by a short regulating splint passing within the long one.
Bulley's double tourniquet for compressing the artery in aneurism. The advantages of this instrument are, the firmness with which it sets upon the limb, and the peculiarity of its form, adapting itself more completely to the form of the limb, when compressed by the pads.
Dr. Jarvis's surgical adjuster, for reducing dislocations, adjusting fractures, and maintaining coaptation. By means of this instrument an extending and counter-extending force equal to that of twelve men, may be employed; all or any part of which can be applied to the limb at pleasure, and yet the limb remain perfectly moveable and free for manipulation.
Rynd's instrument for applying fluid to the nerves in tic doloureux.
Wakley's stricture instruments. The great advantage of these instruments is, that where the required passage is once secured, it need not be surrendered, until the proper end is gained.
Whitehouse's safety apparatus for transfusion. By means of this apparatus, the operator is enabled to detect the presence of any globules of air in the fluid to be injected, and to prevent their entering the veins.
Yearsley's acoemeter, or instrument for ascertaining the different degrees of deafness, by a series of modulated sounds.
Yearsley's tyinpanotoire, and instruments for artificial tympanum. Instruments for the excision of the tonsils, nasal probe, bottle and tube.
Dr. Tyler Smith's periodoscope.
An assortment of razors and table cutlery; among the latter are some table knives made from the materials of old London bridge.