Using a laryngoscope to aid a surgeon in the removal

Using a laryngoscope to aid a surgeon in the removal of a polyp from the throat, circa 1890. A small mirror on a long metal handle was invented in 1854 by a Spanish singing teacher Manuel Garcia (1805)- 1906) to study the vocal chords. In 1858 Ludwig Turck (1810-1868) and Johann Czermak (1828-1873) both published papers on use of the instrument, but Czermak invented a headband mirror to throw light on Laryngoscope mirror, an so on the throat. From Les Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes ('The Principal Illnesses and Their Remedies'), Jules Rengade, (Paris, circa 1890)

1805 1854 Chords Grands Illnesses Invented Maux Nost Polyp Remedes Remedies Removal Rengade Surgeon Surgery Throat Throw Vocal

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