[122] Diagram of staphyloraphy, chiefly to illustrate the passing of the threads:—a, the first thread; b, the second. The dotted line at edge of fissure shows amount to be removed; the other dotted lines showing size and position of the incision through the mucous membrane above.
[123] Holmes's Surgery, vol. ii. pp. 504-513.
[124] Edinburgh Medical Journal for Jan. 1865, Mr. Annandale's instructive paper on "Cleft Palate."
[125] Diagram of fissure of hard palate:—a, anterior palatine foramina; b, posterior palatine foramina with groove for artery; c, incisions requisite to free the soft structures.
[126] Holmes's Diseases of Children, p. 555.
[127] Leçons sur la Trachéotomie, p. 10.
[128] Rough diagram of larynx and trachea:—A, crico-thyroid space, laryngotomy; B B, dotted outline of thyroid isthmus and lobes, defines the upper and lower positions for tracheotomy; C, thyroid—D, cricoid cartilages; E, dotted outline of thymus gland in child of two years; F F, outline of clavicles and jugular fossa.
[129] Surgical Observations, p. 335. See also Harrison On the Arteries, vol. i. p. 16.
[130] Leçons sur la Trachéotomie, p. 9.
[131] Lectures on Surgery, 3d ed., vol. ii. p. 900.