[102] Diagram of flaps in position:—A A, corners of flaps brought up and approximated by silver sutures; C C, new lip got by lateral incisions, skin and mucous membrane being united by silk threads; E E, gap left to granulate.
[103] Fig. xxiii. shows the incision bounding the cleft.
[104] Fig. xxiv. shows the diamond-shaped wound before the sutures are applied.
[105] Diagram of operation for double harelip:—a, stitch through both sides and wedge-shaped portion, which also aids the septum; b, other stitches approximating edges.
[106] Diagram of double harelip, with projecting bone:—a, central piece of lip, dotted lines showing incision; b, projecting bone bearing teeth, which are generally small and stunted.
[107] Diagram of operations on the jaws:—a, incision for removal of the whole upper jaw; b, incision for removal of alveolar portion and antrum; c, incision for removing the larger half of lower jaw; the opposite side is the one supposed to be operated on, and the incision is crossing the symphysis and turning up at a right angle.
[108] Operative Surgery, p. 265.
[109] Lancet, July 1, 1865.
[110] Temporary compression of the facial can be easily managed, in cases where it is of much importance to avoid loss of blood, by passing a needle from the outside through the skin above the vessel, then under the vessel, and out again through the skin below. A figure-of-eight suture can then be thrown round both ends of the needle, and the artery thus thoroughly compressed.
[111] Syme, Contributions to the Path. and Practice of Surgery, p. 21; Carnochan of New York, Cases in Surgery.