Meaning

(possibly obsolete) Synonym of gorget (“surgical instrument”)..

Example Sentences

[…] then placing the Bill which is at the end of the Gorgeret into the Groove of the ...

These, having first made an Incision as before, pass the End of the Gorgeret thro' the Groove of the Catheter into the Bladder, as we directed for the male Conductor :

V. The under part of the double gorgeret separated from the upper, which varies but little in shape from the common gorgeret.

I then introduce the beak of the common gorgeret into the groove of the staff, and press, it on, till it gets into the bladder, […]

I therefore took the double gorgeret, without the cutting blade affixed, intending only to push back the stone, and dilate the neck of the bladder, which I did by getting the beak of the gorgeret into the sulcus of the staff […]

After this method became known, many different forms of gorgets and gorgerets were invented ; which it would answer no useful purpose to describe. Of one of them, Mr. Liston remarks, "It is more like an instrument for cutting turf, - a 'flauchter-spade,' - than for performing a delicate surgical operation."

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• gorgerets

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