An ambe, in anatomy, is a superficial jutting out of a bone.
Ambe is also the name of an old surgical instrument, made famous by Hippocrates, for reducing dislocations of the shoulder, so called because its extremity projects like the prominence of a rock. It was described in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society as making a sufficient extension and counter-extension to guide the dislocated bone back into joint.1
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References
- John Martyn, The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1732, to the Year 1744), Vol. 9, p. 258.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Ambe". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Vol. Alguazil–anagram (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. p. 74.