This new BI edition, two-fifths longer than its predecessor, continues to the a valued companion for the MBBS examinees, students in their clinical years and advanced nursing trainees.

Expanded for the first time with new chapters dealing with instruments used in Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology.

Reflects changes taking place in contemporary medicine as additional material, while retaining all the features which have established a well earned reputation for the text.

Simple thumb-sketches of instruments, many of which have been redrawn and many added, improved legibility by the use of a different and slightly larger type-face and text description mostly in an interrogative form, are presented.

Table of Contents
Part I Instruments used in surgery
1. Instruments Used for Antiseptic Dressing and Draping
2. Knives and Scissors
3. Appliances Used for Healing of Wounds
4. Instruments Used in Achieving Homeostasis
5. Tissue 'Forceps and Dissecting Forceps
6. Retractors, Probes and Directors
7. Some Common Surgical Instruments
8. Common Instruments Used in Gastropod-intestinal Surgery
9. Instruments Used in Biliary Tract Surgery
10. Instruments Used in Orthopedic Surgery
11. Urological Instruments

Part II Instruments used in medicine
1. Ryles Tube
2. Tracheotomy Tube
3. Simple Rubber Catheter
4. Stomach Tube
5. Flatus Tube
6. Trocar and Canula
7. Sternal Puncture Needle
8. Lumbar Puncture Needle
9. Spectrophotometer
10. Liver Biopsy Needle

Part III Instruments used in obstetrics and gynecology
1. Instruments Used in Gynecological Examination of a Patient
2. Instruments Used in Dilatation, Curettage and Evacuation
3. Instruments Used in Special Types of Dilatation
4. Instruments Used in Diagnosis and Therapy
5. Instruments Used in Foothill's Operation
6. Instruments Used in the Treatment of Uterine Displacement
7. Instruments Used in Hysterectomy
8. Instruments Used in Ovarian Cyst Operation
9. Obstetrical Forceps and Allied Instruments
10. Instruments Used in Contraception and Termination of Pregnancy
11. Instruments Used in Destructive Operations
12. Miscellaneous Instruments

Part IV Instruments used in otorhinolaryngology
1. Instruments Often Used in O.P.D.
2. Instruments Used in Mastoid Surgery
3. Instruments Used in Ear Surgery
4. Instruments Used in Tonsillectomy and Adenoid dectomy Operation
5. Instruments Used for Nasal Surgery
6. Instruments Used in Tracheotomy Operation
7. Instruments Used for Endoscopic Surgery

Part V Instruments used in ophthalmology
1. Instruments Used in Ophthalmology
Index