. Annual and analytical cyclopedia of practical medicine; . Fig. 9.—Hydrocephalus. Fig. 10.—Club-foot. to this the technique of the operation wascomparatively imperfect. In consequenceof greater familiarity with the operationand knowledge of how to avoid suppura-tion the recent statistics of excision showgreat improvement, and there is no ques-tion that in many cases it is the opera-tion to be preferred and in some tbeonly possible operation. The child is placed with the head lower 6- if the latter are found spread over theinner surface of the sac or whether theyshould be removed with the latt


. Annual and analytical cyclopedia of practical medicine; . Fig. 9.—Hydrocephalus. Fig. 10.—Club-foot. to this the technique of the operation wascomparatively imperfect. In consequenceof greater familiarity with the operationand knowledge of how to avoid suppura-tion the recent statistics of excision showgreat improvement, and there is no ques-tion that in many cases it is the opera-tion to be preferred and in some tbeonly possible operation. The child is placed with the head lower 6- if the latter are found spread over theinner surface of the sac or whether theyshould be removed with the latter. If they can be separated from the sac withease they should be so separated and re- , turned to the spinal canal. If, however,they are so intimately adherent to thesac as to make this difficult, no effortshould be made to save them, as numer-ous cases are reported where the nerves -15 226 SriNE, DISEASES AND INJURIES OF. SPINA BIFIDA. spread on the inner surface of the sachave been removed with the latter withno bad results. After closing the mem-b


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