Modern surgery, general and operative . reswells rapidly and decidedly. There isbleeding because of laceration of the gum;saKva dribbles constantly; the patient sup-ports the jaw with the hand; great painexists (possibly from injury of the nerve),and deformity is present, shown by in-equality of the teeth if the fracture is an-terior to the masseter, the anterior frag-ment going downward and backward andthe posterior fragment going upward andforward. The downward displacement isdue to muscular action (action of the digastric, geniohyoid, and geniohyo-glossus). The backward displacement is due
Modern surgery, general and operative . reswells rapidly and decidedly. There isbleeding because of laceration of the gum;saKva dribbles constantly; the patient sup-ports the jaw with the hand; great painexists (possibly from injury of the nerve),and deformity is present, shown by in-equality of the teeth if the fracture is an-terior to the masseter, the anterior frag-ment going downward and backward andthe posterior fragment going upward andforward. The downward displacement isdue to muscular action (action of the digastric, geniohyoid, and geniohyo-glossus). The backward displacement is due to the violence. The temporal,internal pterygoid, and masseter muscles draw the posterior fragment upwardand to the front. Two or three days after fracturing the jaw some of thecer\ical lymph-glands enlarge. When a fracture of the lower jaw is com-pound internally, suppuration usually takes place and the odor of decom-position becomes marked. In fracture of the neck of the condyle the jaw^ New Orleans Med. and Surg. Jour., Sept., Fig. 2gi.—Hamiltons bandage. 542 Diseases and Injuries of the Bones and Joints
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