The American practitioner : a monthly journal of medicine and surgery . Fig. 12. The introduction of the sutures is equally facilitated. Thepoint of exit of the needle is invariably determined by thepoint of entrance, and the stitch never fails to be picked upby the proper management of the instrument. Silver wire is drawn in by looped thread pilots previously Palato-Plasty. 155 introduced. The pilots are all first introduced, and then an-other pilot is introduced, through the galvano-cautery incis-ion, across from one side to the other. These pilots havingbeen all drawn in, the silver wire is
The American practitioner : a monthly journal of medicine and surgery . Fig. 12. The introduction of the sutures is equally facilitated. Thepoint of exit of the needle is invariably determined by thepoint of entrance, and the stitch never fails to be picked upby the proper management of the instrument. Silver wire is drawn in by looped thread pilots previously Palato-Plasty. 155 introduced. The pilots are all first introduced, and then an-other pilot is introduced, through the galvano-cautery incis-ion, across from one side to the other. These pilots havingbeen all drawn in, the silver wire is drawn in by the pilot,one for each stitch, and twisted one stitch after another, untilthe stitches are all secured. While this proceeding is going on, the most convenientinstrument for holding the mouth open is Whiteheads gag,represented in Fig. Fig. 13. Whiteheads gag or oral speculum, with a tonguedepressor, which may be adjusted for greater or less length. Strong scissors, slightly curved on the flat surface, repre-sented in Fig. 14, are indispensable in the absence of Lesliesnippers.
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