The practice of surgery . - become nipped and thrown out ofaction by a resulting extensive cicatrix. For all such reasons, suspicionof nerve damage imposes upon us careful exploration and must clear away the blood-clot; must place the nerve as far as pos-. Fig. —Nerve anastomosis instump. A diagram showing cross-sec-tion through lower third of the rightleg, the nerves Ijeing enlarged to showsutures. OPERATIONS UPON THE NERVES 711 sible from damaged bone; must repair obvious gross lesions in thener\e; must strip off carefully extraneous tissue, and replace the nerve,prefer


The practice of surgery . - become nipped and thrown out ofaction by a resulting extensive cicatrix. For all such reasons, suspicionof nerve damage imposes upon us careful exploration and must clear away the blood-clot; must place the nerve as far as pos-. Fig. —Nerve anastomosis instump. A diagram showing cross-sec-tion through lower third of the rightleg, the nerves Ijeing enlarged to showsutures. OPERATIONS UPON THE NERVES 711 sible from damaged bone; must repair obvious gross lesions in thener\e; must strip off carefully extraneous tissue, and replace the nerve,preferabh wrapped in Cargile membrane, in a bed which shall admitof ready healing without undue external pressure. Be it rememberedalways that severed nerves, under favorable conditions, unite promptly,though a restoration of function will be many weeks delayed. Primary


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