Laryngeal Mirror

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Home Coming meetings Past meetings About the Society Galleries of the Virtual Museum Main Galleries Medicine Surgery Anaesthesia X-rays Hospitals,other organisations Individuals of note Small Galleries Dentistry Nursing Ethnic medicine - Aboriginal - Chinese - Mediterran	Laryngeal Mirror Voice change such as hoarseness could be due to pharyngeal inflammation or a lesion of the vocal chords. Sometimes it is useful to view the post-nasal space. Currently fiber-optic instruments provide a direct view of the area. They are usually coupled to a television monitor, and can provide a hard copy photograph. In the past however ENT surgeons used indirect laryngoscopy. This involved insertion of the mirror into the back of the mouth. Gagging was avoided by spraying with local anaesthetic. A velvet case containing 3 different size laryngeal mirrors. The viewing angle can be adjusted by the lever on the handle -o0o-

South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc

Website for the Virtual Museum

Home
Coming meetings
Past meetings
About the Society

Galleries of the Virtual Museum

Main Galleries

Medicine
Surgery
Anaesthesia
X-rays
Hospitals,other organisations
Individuals of note

Small Galleries

Dentistry
Nursing

Ethnic medicine
     - Aboriginal
     - Chinese
     - Mediterran

Laryngeal Mirror

Voice change such as hoarseness could be due to pharyngeal inflammation or a lesion of the vocal chords. Sometimes it is useful to view the post-nasal space.

Currently fiber-optic instruments provide a direct view of the area. They are usually coupled to a television monitor, and can provide a hard copy photograph.

In the past however ENT surgeons used indirect laryngoscopy. This involved insertion of the mirror into the back of the mouth. Gagging was avoided by spraying with local anaesthetic.

A velvet case containing 3 different size laryngeal mirrors. The viewing angle can be adjusted by the lever on the handle

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