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Catabolic products (German)
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Attributed to Ernst Karl Abbe, German physicist, 1840 - 1905. A microscope attachment consisting of a series of wide-angled achromatic lenses and a mirror placed below the stage and strengthens illumination.
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Robert Abbe, USA surgeon (New York), 1851-1928.
1. A lateral intestinal anastamosis utilising rings of catgut.
2. Division of an oespophageal stricture using Abbe's String Method
3. Intracranial resection of the second and third divisions of the fifth nerve for tic douloureux.
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Catgut rings for supporting the ends of intestine to be stitched together. (See Abbe's Operation)
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Division of oespophageal stricture using string. This involves passage of a string through the mouth and a gastric fistula. The string is then pulled gently up and down till the stricture is divided so that a bougie may be easily passed.
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Glass receptacle at bottom of a microscope slide with the bottom divided into minute squares. The squares enable counting of white and red corpuscles in blood. (It is also known as Thoma-Zeiss Counting Cell).
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William Abbot, English physician, (1831-). Paste used to kill the nerve of a tooth. Ingredients include arsenous acid, morphine and creosote.
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Edville Gerhardt Abbott, USA surgeon (Portland, Maine) 1870-1938. A treatment for scoliosis involving bandages and pads with lateral pulling till deformity straightened followed by application of plaster jacket to fixate the spine in correct position.
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W. Osler Abbot, USA Physician, 1902-1943 and T. Grier Miller, USA Physician, 1886- .
Double channel intestinal tube used in management of obstructive lesions in small intestine. (Also Miller-Abbott Tube)
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W. Osler Abbot, USA Physician, 1902-1943 and Arthur J. Rawson USA medical physicist. Gastro-enterostomy tube with a double barrel.
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Abbreviation for axiobuccocervical.
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