Ambe

 ( History Of Surgery ) 

An ambe, in anatomy, is a superficial jutting out of a bone.

Ambe is also the name of an old surgery 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.John Martyn, The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1732, to the Year 1744), Vol. 9, p. 258.

Attribution

• Hippocrates' written description of the tool and its use