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The student's guide to diseases of the eye (1887)

Nettleship, Edward, 1845-1913, Thomson, William, 1833-1907 · Philadelphia, Lea Brothers & Co. · leaf 386

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ceps ; now pinch up and cut out a portion of the exposed orbicularis muscle ; sutures need not be used. Another good plan is to enter a threaded needle close to the edge of the lid, bring it out half an inch vertically below, tie the intervening skin and muscle tightly, and allow the thread to cut… … Snellen's lid clamp (for the R. upper lid). the lid much shortened by scarring, the radical extirpation of all the lashes is the quickest and most certain means of giving permanent relief, but it leaves an unsightly baldness

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