. Injuries and diseases of the jaws : the Jacksonian prize essay of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1867. Make a model of this in plaster of Paris in the usual there has been any displacement of the parts, saw downbetween the teeth corresponding to tlie fracture, adjust theseveral pieces to the proper bite, and fix in position. Now take a length of iron wire (stout hair-pin size) andcarefully make a frame to fit round tlie teeth, soldering theends together with silver solder. Cut several five-inch THE HAMMOND WIRE-SPLINT. 37 lengths of fine soft iron binding wire—both ends of
. Injuries and diseases of the jaws : the Jacksonian prize essay of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1867. Make a model of this in plaster of Paris in the usual there has been any displacement of the parts, saw downbetween the teeth corresponding to tlie fracture, adjust theseveral pieces to the proper bite, and fix in position. Now take a length of iron wire (stout hair-pin size) andcarefully make a frame to fit round tlie teeth, soldering theends together with silver solder. Cut several five-inch THE HAMMOND WIRE-SPLINT. 37 lengths of fine soft iron binding wire—both ends of whichshould be cut to points, which will greatly facilitate thepassing of them through the tartar between the teeth. Shouldthere be much tartar a fine broach may be necessary. To aiiply the Splint.—Place the patient upright in a high-backed chair, and rinse the mouth. Slip the frame overthe teeth, holding it gently in place with the left hand, and Fig. with the right hand take one of the pointed wires and passit between the first and second molars on the left side,directing it slightly downwards so that the end will comeout under the inner bar of the frame. Have the forefingerof the left hand inside to feel for the point, and with it turnthe wire upwards and outwards so as to avoid wounding thetongue. Then bring this wire back, as shown in fig. 16,, over the inner bar of the frame, and under the outer;cross the ends and turn them aside—repeat this on theright side of the mouth. When all the ligatures are passed,seize the ends of the first wire with a small pair of pliers,and twist them on each other nearly tight, doing the same 38 TREATMENT OF FRACTURED LOWER JAW. on the left side, and when the pressure is equalized cut ulfthe wires about half an inch from the frame, as at B. Nowtwist all the ligatures quite tight, and tuck them away underthe frame, as at C. The jaw will now be found perfectlyfirm, and the patient able to bite
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