Contributions to reparative surgery : showing its application to the treatment of deformities, produced by destructive disease or injury ; congenital defects from arrest or excess of development, and cicatricial contractions from burns / by Gurdon Buck.

  • Buck Gurdon, 1807-1877.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Contributions to reparative surgery : showing its application to the treatment of deformities, produced by destructive disease or injury ; congenital defects from arrest or excess of development, and cicatricial contractions from burns / by Gurdon Buck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    as to admit a finger edgewise between the molar teetli on the left side. A tent of lint, of the size of the little finger, was inserted, with one end passing out at the right angle of the mouth, and the other through the wound below the jaw. The remainder Fig. 82. of the wound was closed by sutures. Water dress- ings were applied to the face and neck. The subse- quent inflammatory action was moderate, and soon began to subside. The final result of this operation was as follows: The space left after the removal of the portion of jaw-bone diminished by the gradual approximation of the opposite ends of the bone.