probang

Over his shoulder dangled a long, flexible leather probang.

A probang is a surgical tool 30 to 40 cm long consisting of a flexible rod with a sponge in the end used to remove foreign bodies or obstructions from the oesophagus.

We usually either relieved the bloat by puncturing the stomach or we - carefully pushed the obstruction down into the stomach by means of a long ; flexible leather instrument called a probang.)

He was beyond the door and the tense lines of his body had begun to relax when the brass end of the swinging probang clattered against the wall and, as if in reply came the familiar rumble from Miss.