This Article  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

IRWIN I. ALPER, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1930;11(1):86-90.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

This "compressorium" was invented by Dr. Waldapfel of the Hajek Clinic, Vienna. Its aim is to produce adequate, constant pressure over either one or both tonsillar areas in toto, or on any direct bleeding spot in a tonsillar fossa, depending on the conditions present. It has the special attributes of being retained without any discomfort even by a child, and of exerting sufficient styptic pressure over a local bleeding point or the whole tonsillar fossa on both sides at the same time; and yet it is not so rigid as to be uncomfortable when the patient attempts to swallow. It has a joint in it which permits it to move with the act of deglutition without disturbing its position or diminishing its constant pressure

Fig. 1.—Instrument described in text.

in the proper direction. This movement without partial loss of function prevents decubitus, which sometimes occurs with the more rigid types . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Sept. 3, 1929.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?