Lectures on the operations of surgery : and on diseases and accidents requiring operations . 188 AFFECTIONS OF THE MOCTH. brought this drawing to show how much the cases varied. Theyoungest child has a simple slit of the lip; in another there, is adouble hare-lip, with a very short flap ; one not quite so bad, andone where the fissure was very great, passing back through the hardand soft palates. It is desirable to remedy this deformity for the patients own sake,and in some instances it may be done with great facility. Some-times there is a mere simple split on one side of the mesial line—perh
Lectures on the operations of surgery : and on diseases and accidents requiring operations . 188 AFFECTIONS OF THE MOCTH. brought this drawing to show how much the cases varied. Theyoungest child has a simple slit of the lip; in another there, is adouble hare-lip, with a very short flap ; one not quite so bad, andone where the fissure was very great, passing back through the hardand soft palates. It is desirable to remedy this deformity for the patients own sake,and in some instances it may be done with great facility. Some-times there is a mere simple split on one side of the mesial line—perhaps there is a trifling notch—but the edges are rolled away, theteeth are exposed, and this gives the patient a very awkward ap-pearance. The operation must be modified according to the extentof the fissure and the space between the parts of the lip. In thefirst place you are to consider at what period the operation is to beperformed; some persons say it cannot be performed too early, andmany parents are very anxious to have it performed immediatelyafter birth. Some of the obstetric
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