The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . blunt hook, taking great care that the facial artery and vein, which passthrough its substance, are not injured. Divide the portion of the deep fasciaconstituting the posterior part of the capsule of the gland, and the whiteshining aponeurosis which loops the digastric tendon to the great cornu ofthe OS hyoides will be exposed, and, likewise, the insertion of tlie stylo-hyoidmuscle. Immediately below them the hypoglossal nerve, accompanied by thelingual vein, will appear, three lines above


The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . blunt hook, taking great care that the facial artery and vein, which passthrough its substance, are not injured. Divide the portion of the deep fasciaconstituting the posterior part of the capsule of the gland, and the whiteshining aponeurosis which loops the digastric tendon to the great cornu ofthe OS hyoides will be exposed, and, likewise, the insertion of tlie stylo-hyoidmuscle. Immediately below them the hypoglossal nerve, accompanied by thelingual vein, will appear, three lines above the cornu of the hyoid, and run-ning across the hyoglossus muscle, forward and upward, toward tlie middleof the jaw. Detach the nerve somewhat from the hyoglossus muscle by 296 INJURIES OF BLOODVESSELS. scratching through the connective tissue which surrounds it, and push itupward out of the way. Fix the os hyoides by inserting a tenaculum intothe digastric aponeurosis, then carefully insinuate the point of a directorunderneath the posterior margin of the hyoglossus muscle, and gently push Fig.


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