KNIFE

n. Nif. A.-S.. cnif. Or, M<*Xa'P"'- Lat., cttKeiv Fr., couteau. Ger.. Mes*er. It., coltello. Sp., cuchillo. An instrument having a blade of steel, with a sharp edge for cutting. [E.] 's k. An iris k. having a straightedge and an oblique point. I - - 10 1, Slmi'i uterine k.; 2, Sims's modified uterine k.; 3, circular amputating k.; 4, lithotomy k.; 5, Savre's periosteum k. 6, Stewart's hernia k; 7, lenticular k.: 8, knife chisel; 9, I'iflard's stricture k.; 11), Whitehead's staff and knife. fa, 34.] Amputating k., Amputation k. Lat., culler amputation it. Fr.. couteau a amputation. Ger., Amputations mes ser. A k. used for cutting the soft parts in amputations. The blade is usually straight, long, and narrow. See CATUN, and cuts under AMPUTATION. Beer's cataract k. Fr., couteau a cataracte de Beer. Ger., Beer's ches Staarme er. A cataract k. having a blade shaped like a right-angled triangle, cutting at the acute angle or point and along the hypothenuse. [FI Bland in's k. A small k. for subcutaneous incision of the sphincter ani in anal fi ure. [E.] Belzard's k. A probe-pointed, long, straight bistoury with a heavy back, for lithotomy. In the American pattern the probe point is in a straight line with the back of the knife: in the English, the probe point is slightly bent so as to cover the end of the cutting edge. [E.1 Blunt k. A k. with a blunt point. Cataract k. Fr., couteau a cataracte. Ger., Htaarmesaer. A k. for making the section of the cornea in the operation of extraction of a cataract. See Beer's cataract fc., Paluccfii cataract k., Von Graefe's cataract k., TyrrelCs cataract k.. and Zehender's cataract k. Cheaelden'A k. A curved k. used in lithotomy. [E.] Coiiant'H knives. Long and short amputating knives having a common handle, [o, 84.] Coopi-r1 -. hi-rnia k. Sw Hernia K. Corn-; k. Fr., couteau cornten. Qer. t JI<irniiiiii(inriuer. See Cataract k.. Lance k.. and Jaeger's cornea k. Crotchet k. See CROTCHET. DesraarreH'N secondary k. A concave or straight-edged or anguA, ape; A. at; A, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottinh); [s. 544]