The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 347
inferior margins of the flaps, the nostrils were lightly stuffed with oiled lint. The margins of the wound upon the cheeks were brought together by the hare-lip suture, care being taken in applying the pins, so that the stress should be from below upwards towards the canthi of the eye, and not upon… … silk to prevent evaporation. The eyes were also covered, and the patient directed neither to open ihem, nor attempt to speak. The whole process occu- pied an hour, and though necessarily painful, was borne by the patient with- out a murmur. The operation was performed at 12 M. The flaps, imme-…
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