4-Medicine-Medical Treatments-Devices

bedpan

bed toilet bowl {bedpan}|.

cast

Plaster sheaths {cast}| can be around broken bones.

diathermy

Electrodes can heat tissues {diathermy} using high-frequency electric current.

feeding tube

Tubes {gavage} {feeding tube}| through nose, pharynx, and esophagus can deliver liquid food to stomach.

iron lung

Polio patients can have breathing apparatuses {iron lung}|.

prosthesis

Devices {prosthesis}| can aid motion.

respirator

Devices {respirator}| can aid breathing.

truss for hernia

Supports {truss, hernia}| can treat hernia.

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