. Manual of operative surgery. Step 5.—After attending to hemostasis, close the wound, as much as possible,by sliding the flaps together. Where the wound cannot be closed, cover it withThierschs skin-grafts. Provide for the axillary drainage by a tube introducedposteriorly. After such extensive removal of important muscles one would naturallyexpect very serious loss of function, but such is not the case; the author has beenassured by various patients that they are able to attend to their own houseworkand to dress their own hair satisfactorily. In the Jour. Am. Med. Assoc, July 29, 1905, Willy
. Manual of operative surgery. Step 5.—After attending to hemostasis, close the wound, as much as possible,by sliding the flaps together. Where the wound cannot be closed, cover it withThierschs skin-grafts. Provide for the axillary drainage by a tube introducedposteriorly. After such extensive removal of important muscles one would naturallyexpect very serious loss of function, but such is not the case; the author has beenassured by various patients that they are able to attend to their own houseworkand to dress their own hair satisfactorily. In the Jour. Am. Med. Assoc, July 29, 1905, Willy Meyer published anexcellent series of drawings illustrating his operation; these are so helpful thatthey are reproduced here without comment (Figs. 401 to 406). 278 OPERATIONS ON Till; liREAST. Fig. 402.—Insertion of pectoralis major muscle left index finger encircling its tendon. {Meyer.)
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