Plessimeter

Surgical steel plessimeter

The plessimeter (or pleximeter) is an aid used in medicine for diagnostics .

It consists of a thin, spatula-shaped plate which is pressed firmly onto the body section to be examined and tapped with a percussion hammer. The advantage is, on the one hand, that the examiner's fingers are spared and the knocking sound thus generated is significantly louder than with direct percussion . While silver and ivory were used in the past , today it is usually made of plastic , the better version is made of surgical steel .

A (possibly larger) variant of the plessimeter is also often used in veterinary medicine .

literature

Ernst Edens : Textbook of percussion and auscultation. Including the supplementary examination procedures of inspection, palpation and instrumental methods. Julius Springer, Berlin 1920.
Nolen, Hijmans van den Bergh, Siegenbeek van Heukelom, Haehner: Life Insurance Medicine: A Guide for Doctors and Medical Students. Julius Springer, Berlin 1925. pp. 115ff.
Katja Nuß: Veterinary instruments. Schattauer Verlag, 1998. ISBN 3-7945-1794-6 . P. 76

Individual evidence

↑ Susanne Geyer, Arthur Grabner: Die Tierarzthelferin: Textbook and guide for training to become a veterinary assistant. Schlütersche, 2005. ISBN 3-87706-586-4 . P. 252
↑ Ad Rijnberk, Freek J. van Sluijs: The correct diagnosis in small animal practice: examination and diagnostic assessment. Schlütersche, 2011. ISBN 978-3-89993-080-1 . P. 71ff.

[1] Susanne Geyer, Arthur Grabner: Die Tierarzthelferin: Textbook and guide for training to become a veterinary assistant. Schlütersche, 2005. ISBN 3-87706-586-4 . P. 252

[2] Ad Rijnberk, Freek J. van Sluijs: The correct diagnosis in small animal practice: examination and diagnostic assessment. Schlütersche, 2011. ISBN 978-3-89993-080-1 . P. 71ff.