A NEW TONSIL-SNARE
Arthur J. Hill · JAMA · 1909
This snare consists essentially of a stylet, sliding collar, wheel and cannula, in the upper part of which are two longitudinal slots. The sliding collar is fastened to the stylet by means of a thumb-screw which passes entirely through the collar and stylet. Threads are cut in the stylet only, thus preventing friction on either side and permitting instantaneous tightening of the wire on the tonsillar base, when a few turns of the wheel completes the operation. The illustration shows the mechanism very well. Its advantages are its ease, rapidity and certainty of operation, strength and simplicity, and the fact that it cannot get out of order. 004 Courtland Building.