Hook

[AS., hoc, a hook]. A curved instrument. H., Blunt, an instrument for exercising traction upon the fetus in an arrested breech-presentation. H., Malgaigne’s, two pair of hooks connected by a screw for approximating the fragments of a fractured patella. H., Tyrrel’s, a blunt, slender hook for operations upon the eye. Hop. See Humidus. Hope’s Camphor-mixture. A mixture containing nitric acid, camphor-water, and tincture of opium. It is used in the treatment of serous or choleraic diarrheas. 316