Surgery

Powder distributor by GERSUNY

Robert Gersuny (1844-1924) was an Austrian surgeon. He is considered the inventor of the paraffin injections, with which he created "subcutaneous prostheses" that replaced lost tissue components. To do this, he injected a multi-ointment, Vaseline, under the skin and observed that if left untouched for a time, the injected mass remained in place without irritation, without being significantly absorbed by the body , The fact that there were few traces left on the outer skin led him to apply the method to a whole range of different forms of disease, most of which involved masking the loss of tissue constituents. However, this was a momentous mistake, because over the next few decades, it has been found that the injection of paraffins can in many cases lead to lipogranulomas.

"Powdery means are most conveniently blown into the ear with a powder blower." Among the instruments which can be used for this purpose, the powder blower shown in Fig. 30, which was modified according to the powder blower of Gersuny specified by Mosetig and Wölfler, seems to me to be most handy For the purpose of ear treatment, I had the powder blower set up so that it can be handled with pipes projecting at right angles from the powder room "(Victor Urbantschitsch, Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde, Verlag Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin, Vienna 1901).

exhibit

Powder blower n. GERSUNY with bayonet-type cannula, from the collection of a general practitioner in Halle (flea market harbor in Innsbruck, 9/2018). On the glass cylinder sticks a label with the handwritten text "Dermatol". The rubber balloon was missing when purchased and was reshaped for recording by means of a small plastic ball.

Pictures in the

- Catalog of the "Austro-German rubber factory defeat Gustav Berger, Vienna IX, Kolingasse 4 (1909, p.2, Fig.8).

- Waldek & Wagner. Price book on surgical and medical instruments and aids, bandages, orthopedic machines and artificial limbs, dressings, apparatus for the care and relief of the sick. (1905 p.93, Fig.1483).

To dermatol

"A new wound healing agent intended to replace iodoform has recently been discovered by two researchers from Wroclaw, Dr. Liebrecht and Heinz, dermatol, a body containing bismuth, which, like iodoform, is in the form of a fine yellow powder But whereas iodoform, as we know, has an unbearable, penetrating odor, which is noticeable even at great distances, Dermatol is completely odorless and, in contrast to its predecessor, it is also completely non-toxic it has a strong antiseptic (anti-fouling effect), thus represents a very excellent wound healing agent, and is due to its simultaneous drying effect in all cases where it is a weeping eruptions, burns, ulcers and the like, to use with great success well-known Breslau gynecologist Professor Fritsch has with Dermatol in fresh as in cold already achieved excellent results "(Marburger Zeitung, July 12, 1891).