The homeopathic practice of surgery : together with operative surgery . re very obvious. The patient is ina continuous yawn, — only a little more so, the teeth of the lowerjaw projecting beyond the upper. A very little motion is stillpossible in either direction, but no effort of the patient, or merepressure on the chin, can shut the mouth. The posterior part ofFig. 22. tne cheek is sensibly protuberant from pressure of the coronoid pro-cess on the buccinator muscles,while behind it, just before andbelow the opening into the ear,there is a sensible saliva is running out of themo
The homeopathic practice of surgery : together with operative surgery . re very obvious. The patient is ina continuous yawn, — only a little more so, the teeth of the lowerjaw projecting beyond the upper. A very little motion is stillpossible in either direction, but no effort of the patient, or merepressure on the chin, can shut the mouth. The posterior part ofFig. 22. tne cheek is sensibly protuberant from pressure of the coronoid pro-cess on the buccinator muscles,while behind it, just before andbelow the opening into the ear,there is a sensible saliva is running out of themouth, there being an increasedsecretion from irritation of theglands. The pain is sometimesvery severe and alarming to thepatient and friends, but the acci-dent is rarely, if ever, causes, besides those al-ready noticed, may be any spas-modic action when the mouth isopen, or the attempt to bite something too large. It has occurredduring the attempt to extract teeth, and in yawning. The whole tkeatment consists in doing for the patient what Q (PART II.). 42 DISLOCATION OF THE CLAVICLE. he cannot do for himself,— shutting his mouth for him ! Theslightest mechanical skill, with any knowledge of the relative pos-ition of the parts concerned, will suggest how this is to be only thing to be feared if the surgeon proceed to do this inthe readiest way by manual means, is, that the patient will bitehis fingers off for his pains. When the dislocated condyle israised over the obstacle, it slips back and the mouth closes withgreat violence. A very simple and effectual mode of accomplishing the object,is to place two large corks or pieces of soft wood, instead of yourtwo thumbs, between the teeth, as far back as possible. Thenusing these asfidcrums, having previously had the head fixed orheld by assistants, sieze the jaw and press the chin steadily up-ward and backward. A sudden force has sometimes succeeded,but this is not necessary nor desirable. Other treatm
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