The practice of surgery . edundancy should be found, after .cicatrization, it may easilybe reduced to the proper outline, by knife or scissors if need be; but Fig. 76. in general, absorption will secondary interference unneces-sary. [In the last edition of his Prac-tical Surgery (Am. Reprint, 1853),Mr. Fergusson speaks very highlyof an apparatus which he almostconstantly employs, to assist theaction of the sutures in maintain-ing close apposition of the edgesof the wound. It is composed ofa semicircular spring padded atboth extremities, which are so ap-plied upon the cheeks as to ta
The practice of surgery . edundancy should be found, after .cicatrization, it may easilybe reduced to the proper outline, by knife or scissors if need be; but Fig. 76. in general, absorption will secondary interference unneces-sary. [In the last edition of his Prac-tical Surgery (Am. Reprint, 1853),Mr. Fergusson speaks very highlyof an apparatus which he almostconstantly employs, to assist theaction of the sutures in maintain-ing close apposition of the edgesof the wound. It is composed ofa semicircular spring padded atboth extremities, which are so ap-plied upon the cheeks as to takeoff the strain from the spring is retained in the properposition by straps passing over thecranium, as seen in the figure.—Ed.] In double harelip, there is a fis-sure extending from each nostril, and usually complete. The intermediate portion of lip may be fully de-veloped, or it may be short and deficient. In the one case, two lines ofwound are necessary—the ordinary operation being applied to each fis-. [Insirument recommended by Mr. FergUSSOn.—Ed.] 192 ULCERS OF THE LIPS. Fie. 77. FiS- 78-
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