The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 192
Cheesman, Hare-lip Operation. 186 [July A second pin was next passed and tied. Silver wire sutures through the fleshy part of the lip, and numerous silk sutures through the approximated border completed the operation. The cheeks were drawn forward, and plaster straps applied, and iodoform was… … The patient made a good recovery from the ether, and the next morning was found to be doing well, except that the adhesive strap from cheek to cheek made considerable pressure upon the lip, causing oedema of the ap- proximated border. To relieve the lip of this compression, while yet the cheeks…
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