The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 91
1841.] Mutter's Cases of Cleft Palate. 87 plish this, a pair of small forceps was employed, and while the flap was held tense by an assistant, I passed the ligature first through the flap on the left side, at its centre and about a line from its edge, and then allowing that to escape from the… … The usual after treatment was pursued and in three weeks from the date of the last operation my patient was perfectly relieved of every vestige of his deformity. The ligatures were cut away on the fourth, fifth and sixth day and nothing of consequence occurred during the period of confinement. This…
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