CHAPTER IV

PROBES 51-89

Specilla or probe-like instruments--Definition of specillum-- κοπάριον--μήλη--ὑπάλειπτρον--Materials--Bronze--Silver--Gold--Tin-- Wood--Bristle--Flower-stalk--Specillum as sound--Combination of instruments on one shaft--Plain rods--Double olive-- Spathomele or spatula-probe--Cyathiscomele or spoon-probe-- Ear specillum--Probe with screw thread--Specillum vulnerarium--Handled needle--Ophthalmic probe--Rasping specillum--Trachoma curette (Blepharoxyston)--Styli and styloid specilla--Grooved director--Surgical needle--Dressing needle--Bodkin--Eyed probes--Ligula--Spoons for warming and pouring salves--Tongue depressor--Uterine sounds--Uterine dilators--Bifurcated probe--Y probe--Blunt dissector--Curved dissectors--Sharp hooks--Blunt hooks--Aneurism needle-- Strigil--Spoon for applying liquid to uvula.