The practice of surgery : embracing minor surgery and the application of dressings, etc., etc., etc. . ing, and can only take place forwards. It may be complete orpartial, as one or both condyles are dislocated. DISLOCATION OF THE JAW. 211 Diagnosis.—The condyles rest in front of the base of the zygo-matic process: the mouth cannot be shut, the chin is depressed,the condyloid space is vacant, and a prominence may be felt be-neath the zygomatic process, accompanied with pain and indistinctarticulation. Treatment consists in placing the thumbs on the molar teeth, andthe fingers under the chin; f
The practice of surgery : embracing minor surgery and the application of dressings, etc., etc., etc. . ing, and can only take place forwards. It may be complete orpartial, as one or both condyles are dislocated. DISLOCATION OF THE JAW. 211 Diagnosis.—The condyles rest in front of the base of the zygo-matic process: the mouth cannot be shut, the chin is depressed,the condyloid space is vacant, and a prominence may be felt be-neath the zygomatic process, accompanied with pain and indistinctarticulation. Treatment consists in placing the thumbs on the molar teeth, andthe fingers under the chin; firm pressure is made downwards bythe thumbs, whilst the chin is elevated by the fingers : the momentthe bone is slipping into place, the thumbs are slipped off the teethupon the gums. If there be difficulty in reducing both at the sametime, one should be reduced before the other is Sir Astley Cooper recommends, for subluxation of the inferiormaxillary bone depending upon relaxation of the ligaments, blistersbefore the car, the shower-bath, and the internal use of ammoniaand steel. Dislocation of the Claviclk.—Dislocation of the claviclemay occur at cither extremity. The sternal end may be displacedforwards or backwards: the former is the more common. 212 DISLOCATION OF THE CLAVICLK. The scapular articulation may be displaced upwards, glidingover the acromion process. Diagnosis is easy in these cases. In luxation of the sternal
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