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This section is contributed by Ernst Zadrobilek and will be regularly updated to take account of comments on this version.
Last updated: March 6, 2005.
In 1920, Ivan (later Sir Ivan) Whiteside Magill communicated an angulated forceps for manipulation within the pharynx. The Magill forceps was constructed with a bend to clear the field of vision for introducing cathethers through the laryngeal aperture into the trachea.
Magill Forceps (Manufacturer Unknown, Object Number 1) Magill Forceps (Medicon Company, Object Number 2) Magill Forceps (Instrument Maker Leiter and Scheerer, Object Number 3)
References:
Magill IW. Forceps for intratracheal anaesthesia. British Medical Journal 2:670, 1920.
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