. St. Thomas's Hospital reports. timebeen devised to eflFect union of the fissured parts. As this paper is intended to be a supplement to that onharelip, it will be most convenient to consider the subject ofcleft palate much in the same order. Whilst many of the pointsto which reference has already been made must necessarily beagain touched upon, every effort will be used to avoid, asfar as possible, needless repetition. Further, whilst I shallbriefly allude to the treatment of perforations of the palate theresult of accident or disease, the principal object of the presentcommunication is to r
. St. Thomas's Hospital reports. timebeen devised to eflFect union of the fissured parts. As this paper is intended to be a supplement to that onharelip, it will be most convenient to consider the subject ofcleft palate much in the same order. Whilst many of the pointsto which reference has already been made must necessarily beagain touched upon, every effort will be used to avoid, asfar as possible, needless repetition. Further, whilst I shallbriefly allude to the treatment of perforations of the palate theresult of accident or disease, the principal object of the presentcommunication is to review the subject of congenital mal- VOL. VTI. 4 50 ()7i CI, ft Palate. formations, the (lifTcrcnt operative procedures bcinj^ more parti-cularly dwelt upon. Con<]jenital fissures of tlie palate assume a variety of , in one ease the split will extend through the uvula only(fig. 1). In another it will involve more or less of the softpalate, stopping sliort at the margin of the palate bones (fig. 2). Fig. 1. Fio.
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