The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . ;miast»icfcus J45 Plate IV. Ligature of the left common carotid artery between the two headsof the sterno-mastoid muscle. 1. The cutaneous incision is made 6cm in length between the twoheads of the sterno-mastoid downwards to the clavicle, and 2cm to theouter side of the sterno-clavicular articulation. 2. The platysma is divided; the interval between the sternal andclavicular portions of the sterno-mastoid muscle is widened with thefingers, till the internal jugular vein is visible. 8. The vein with the clavicu


The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . ;miast»icfcus J45 Plate IV. Ligature of the left common carotid artery between the two headsof the sterno-mastoid muscle. 1. The cutaneous incision is made 6cm in length between the twoheads of the sterno-mastoid downwards to the clavicle, and 2cm to theouter side of the sterno-clavicular articulation. 2. The platysma is divided; the interval between the sternal andclavicular portions of the sterno-mastoid muscle is widened with thefingers, till the internal jugular vein is visible. 8. The vein with the clavicular portion of sterno-mastoid is drawncarefully outwards by the finger of an assistant, the sternal portiontogether with the sterno-hyoid and sterno-thyroid muscles is drawninwards. 4. To the inner side of the vein appears the vagus nerve, some-what further inwards and deeper lies the artery. Estoareh, the Surgeons Handbook. l(j w Plate of the lingual artery. 1. The cutaneous incision is 4cm in length along the upper borderof the great cornu of the hyoid bone


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