This may be passed again and again to enlarge the passages sufficiently, and then the passage may be kept open by wearing a long, dumb-bell Bougie, a thick piece of carbolized catgut, or a spring dilator.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
But upon a re-perusal,-for he gave himself the gratification of reading it twice,-he tore it into tiny atoms, and then lighted a Bougie to set fire to the fragments.
"The Vicar of Wrexhill"
Mrs [Frances] Trollope
He was most heartily fatigued and worn out by the honours, glories, and hospitalities of the day, and wished for nothing on earth so much as soda-water and a bed-room Bougie.
"The Vicar of Wrexhill"
Mrs [Frances] Trollope