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Military approves new surgical drill
NOTES AND QUOTES Bacteriostatic Lubricant in Polyethylene Dispensers. The Ulmer Pharmacal Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota is now producing a water-soluble lubricant called Surgel in a polyethylene bottle which dispenses the greaseless, bacteriostatic lubricant for endoscopic procedures. Surgel adheres with ease to metal, glass, rubber or synthetic surfaces which are either wet or dry. Colorless and odorless, Surgel is nonirritating to mucous membranes and delicate tissues. Because the compressible, new 8 ounce bottle dispenses Surgel on probes, catheters, thermometers, and other instruments with "pin-point" accuracy, there is no waste, providing greater economy.
The drill's torque of 100 inch ounces and its speed of 500 revolutions per minute are designed for any surgical drilling or reaming procedure such as reaming an aeetabulum or medullary canal, insertion of Steinman pins, Kirschner wires, or skull perforation. The speed is considered ideal for rapid, efficient drilling to accurate dimensions without elongation and overheating. Moreover, the speed of 500 r.p.m, is constant and delivered immediately upon squeezing the trigger, doing away with the possibility of unsatisfactory overspeeding or underspeeding of the drill. The drill case is constructed of durable smooth aluminum, pressure-tested, and permanently sealed, and is anodized a satin black to eliminate disturbing reflections and glare from surgical lights. The rechargeable battery uses a special recharger that is standard equipment with the drill. The Horner Surgical Drill is manufactured by the Mira Corporation of North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California.
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable. Goethe Military Approves New Surgical Drill.
The successful testing of a new orthopedic drill, the H o m e r Surgical Drill, has caused its being placed in the Federal Supply Catalog as having the approval of the Defense Department. The basic idea for this drill used in bone repair was conceived by Dr. David Homer. The greatest use of the H o m e r Surgical Drill will be in the fields of orthopedic and neurosurgery. Since it is powered by a rechargeable, high energy nickel cadmium battery, the drill is without annoying electric wires, connections, foot switches, air hoses, and other ancillary equipment necessary with other power drills. A particular advantage for military field use is t h a t the Horner drill can be used in areas remote from electric power receptacles because its b a t t e r y stores more electric energy than is required to power the most extensive surgical drilling procedures. Moreover, tests showed the drill to be safe in the presence of hazardous operating anesthetic gases, to be easily sterilized, and to lend itself to operation with one hand since its gungrip configuration contains a trigger switch mechanism. The drill, with its power pack, weighs four pounds. The power pack itself will last from three to five years. Because it is a portable instrument, it can be used wherever aseptic drilling is carried out. Tests further demonstrate that the H o m e r Surgical Drill does not create sufficient heat to cause thermal necrosis, a condition caused by friction heat which devitalizes bone.
Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtues of humility in the domain of thought. Simone Weil "AMA 1965," a forty minute newsfilm covering highlights of the 1965 meeting of the American Medical Association, is now being made available for group showings by Pfizer Laboratories division, Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. The film is a condensation of more than two hours of scientific news coverage which was filmed and videotaped during the 1965 meeting. Leading investigators delivering papers at the meeting, or in charge of scientific exhibits were interviewed by a team of science writers concerning their investigations. Three different fifteen minute news programs were telecast each day. The forty minute version being made available for showings to medical societies, medical schools, and other interested professional groups include interviews with such leaders in many fields of medicine as Nobel Prize Winner Albert Szent Gyorgyi, M.D., Ph.D. of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and John Lawrence, M.D., Director of the Donner Radiation Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley. The film is available from the Pfizer Medical Film Library, 267 West 25th Street, New York, New York, 10001. Newsfilm on 1965 AMA Meeting.
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The drill's torque of 100 inch ounces and its speed of 500 revolutions per minute are designed for any surgical drilling or reaming procedure such as reaming an aeetabulum or medullary canal, insertion of Steinman pins, Kirschner wires, or skull perforation. The speed is considered ideal for rapid, efficient drilling to accurate dimensions without elongation and overheating. Moreover, the speed of 500 r.p.m, is constant and delivered immediately upon squeezing the trigger, doing away with the possibility of unsatisfactory overspeeding or underspeeding of the drill. The drill case is constructed of durable smooth aluminum, pressure-tested, and permanently sealed, and is anodized a satin black to eliminate disturbing reflections and glare from surgical lights. The rechargeable battery uses a special recharger that is standard equipment with the drill. The Horner Surgical Drill is manufactured by the Mira Corporation of North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California.
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable. Goethe Military Approves New Surgical Drill.
The successful testing of a new orthopedic drill, the H o m e r Surgical Drill, has caused its being placed in the Federal Supply Catalog as having the approval of the Defense Department. The basic idea for this drill used in bone repair was conceived by Dr. David Homer. The greatest use of the H o m e r Surgical Drill will be in the fields of orthopedic and neurosurgery. Since it is powered by a rechargeable, high energy nickel cadmium battery, the drill is without annoying electric wires, connections, foot switches, air hoses, and other ancillary equipment necessary with other power drills. A particular advantage for military field use is t h a t the Horner drill can be used in areas remote from electric power receptacles because its b a t t e r y stores more electric energy than is required to power the most extensive surgical drilling procedures. Moreover, tests showed the drill to be safe in the presence of hazardous operating anesthetic gases, to be easily sterilized, and to lend itself to operation with one hand since its gungrip configuration contains a trigger switch mechanism. The drill, with its power pack, weighs four pounds. The power pack itself will last from three to five years. Because it is a portable instrument, it can be used wherever aseptic drilling is carried out. Tests further demonstrate that the H o m e r Surgical Drill does not create sufficient heat to cause thermal necrosis, a condition caused by friction heat which devitalizes bone.
Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtues of humility in the domain of thought. Simone Weil "AMA 1965," a forty minute newsfilm covering highlights of the 1965 meeting of the American Medical Association, is now being made available for group showings by Pfizer Laboratories division, Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. The film is a condensation of more than two hours of scientific news coverage which was filmed and videotaped during the 1965 meeting. Leading investigators delivering papers at the meeting, or in charge of scientific exhibits were interviewed by a team of science writers concerning their investigations. Three different fifteen minute news programs were telecast each day. The forty minute version being made available for showings to medical societies, medical schools, and other interested professional groups include interviews with such leaders in many fields of medicine as Nobel Prize Winner Albert Szent Gyorgyi, M.D., Ph.D. of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and John Lawrence, M.D., Director of the Donner Radiation Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley. The film is available from the Pfizer Medical Film Library, 267 West 25th Street, New York, New York, 10001. Newsfilm on 1965 AMA Meeting.
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