Cleft palate : treatment of simple fractures by operation : diseases of joints : antrectomy : hernia, etc., etc. / W. Arbuthnot Lane.

  • Lane, William Arbuthnot, 1856-1943.
Date:
[1897]
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Credit: Cleft palate : treatment of simple fractures by operation : diseases of joints : antrectomy : hernia, etc., etc. / W. Arbuthnot Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    which it remains continuous till it has united firmly to the upper. I would point out to you the advantage of passing all the sutures through the lip from within outwards, since by so doing you can bring the margins of the cleft into firm and accurate apposition, and are enabled to control the haemorrhage without scarring the skin surface, as is frequently done when the sutures pass through the skin in the usual manner. Fig II. Besides, they can be left in much longer, as their presence causes no discomfort, and retains the raw surfaces in accurate apposition. The scarring of the lip was a more marked feature when the old- fashioned harelip pins were employed. There is a form of cleft palate combined with double harelip, in which the premaxilla is attached to the under surface of the septum of the nose immediately behind its tip (Fig. ii). In such