The innovator: Ákos Azary (1850–1888) physician, surgeon, veterinary surgeon, full professor, head of the department of internal medicine from 1882 to 1888; lecturer in veterinary epidemiology and state veterinary medicine. His work, though he was given such a short time, created a new era in the teaching and practice of veterinary internal medicine.
(Source: Hungarian Veterinary Pantheon in Hungarian)
Other names: Azary’s tube (Plósz, 1907), Azary’s cannula (Berrár, 1924)
Description: The tracheal tube is inserted into the wound between the tracheal rings after the tracheotomy. The patient breathes through it. “The advantage of the Azary cannula is that its branches fix the tube by themselves, just like the Hauptner tube. The disadvantage of these tubes is that they are more likely to cause posterior tracheal stenosis…”
(Source: Berrár Mihály: Állatorvosi sebészet. II. kötet. Budapest, Centrum K. Rt. 1924. p. 141.)
Source of the image: Collection of Veterinary History, World renowned achievements of Hungarian veterinary science. Temporary exhibition, 2011
Year: 1882-1888
Interesting: In bulleting of the royal hungarian armed forces entitled Honvédségi Közlöny : Rendeleti Közlöny a Magyar Királyi Honvédség számára, 1889. 16. 39. p. 268 the ”Correction table for the corrections to be made in the 6th appendix of the book ’Provisional train equipment rules for the Hungarian Royal Hungarian Army‘ marked C-S” Azary’s endotracheal tube is included for the first time as a compulsory piece of the equipment for army veterinarians.
Éva Orbán
