Contributions to operative surgery : operations about the face / by Maurice Henry Collis.

  • Collis, Maurice H. (Maurice Henry), 1824-1869.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Contributions to operative surgery : operations about the face / by Maurice Henry Collis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPERATIVE SURGERY. PART I. OPERATIONS ABOUT THE FACE. 1. Tiupoid Destruction of Nosal Cartilages, with Occlusion of the Remainder of the Nostrils, and great Deformity ; Rhinoplasty.— Peter Leahan, aged twenty, was admitted into the Meath Hospital early in March, 18G5. He had suflfered for many years from lupoid idccration of the nose, and to a slight extent also of the cheeky. By a varied line of treatment I checked the spread of the disease, and ultimately got the ulcerated parts to cicatrize. Lupus requires much patience, as all surgeons know, and I fear we too often do not pay it a sufficiently close attention; we weary of it, and the patient perceives this, and Avcai'ies of us. It is certainly a most tiresome ailment; but yet, by patient watching of its varying phases, and adaptations of remedies to suit each change in its condition, we shall generally succeed in curing it in the long run. In the present case I used iodine locally during the cold weather, and changed my hand for soothing applications according as the harsh winds of Spring subsided. I finally healed the ulceration with a lotion or paint composed of a drachm of watery extract of opium to an ounce of water. This was applied frequently through the day; by the beginning of jMay there was complete cicatrization of the ulcer and entire absence of new pimples or tubercles in the surrounding skin. Accordingly on the 12th of May I set about repairing the deformity of the nose. I first cut a piece