NO WIRES ON RADIO KNIFE (Mar, 1933)
Filed under: Medical, Scary — @ 11:46 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1933
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1933
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Wow, that looks …um… positively terrifying!
NO WIRES ON RADIO KNIFE
Surgeons hail a new radio knife, devoid of wires, as an outstanding advance. Previous types have long employed high-frequency currents like those of radio, led through a dangling cord, to make clean, bloodless cuts in tissue. The latest apparatus dispenses with any electric connection and leaves the surgeon’s hands unencumbered in a delicate operation. An insulated electrode behind the patient’s back charges his skin, and the surgeon’s scalpel absorbs enough energy at the
point of contact to divide the tissues cleanly.
Looks very scary to me… hahaha
Things sure have changed over the years…
Comment by KeithLDick — January 12, 2007 @ 9:56 pm
It looks like the grand daddy of the Bovie electrocautery unit. Now there are one use disposable units no bigger than a pocket knife. It’s true,things have changed.
Comment by Anonymous of Course — May 14, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
I would like to use this foto for my phd. is there any copyright on it? Of course, I would mention your website as a link address.
Comment by Amine — May 10, 2009 @ 4:25 am
It’s got a handle on the top, and draw latches, so it’s portable by 1933 standards.
Are the current ones really the size of a pocket knife? Very interesting.
Comment by Toronto — May 10, 2009 @ 9:44 pm