EXTRACTOR

(Lat.), n. m. Eax-traak(tra3k)'toar. Gen., extractor'is. Fr.. extract eur. Ger., Aiiszieher. An instrument for extracting; of W. Gifford, who died in 1731, an obstetrical forceps devised by himself; of Dease, the vectis. [A, 24, 43.] Nerve-e. A piece of fine wire with one edge toothed like a saw for introducing into a tooth and drawing out the nerve. [E.] Obstetrical e. Of Evans, an instrument devised by him for extracting the foetus, to be used instead of the forceps; consisting of a band to be placed around the head above its largest circumference, and secured there, with two straps pa ing down from it, by which to make traction. [A, 43.] [s. 793]