Surg. Obs. [a. Fr. algalie, algarie, ad. med.L. algalia, argalia, identified by Ménage with med.Gr. ἀργαλεῖον (used in same sense) for ancient Gr. ἐργαλεῖον ‘instrument,’ f. ἔργον work. (Littré.)] (See quot.)
1746. Zollman, in Phil. Trans., XLIV. 177. In this manner I thrusted an Algalie (or hollow Catheter) into the Bladder.
