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Title: An American text-book of the diseases of children ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Starr, Louis, 1849-1925 Westcott, Thompson Seiser, 1862-
Subjects: Children
Publisher: Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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Warner-Langenbeck Method of Closing Small Bony Clefts, flap prepared on one side only, Figs. 20 and 21.
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Method of Closing a Wide Cleft of the Hard Palate (after Davies-Colley). DISEASES OF THE PHARYNX AND NASO-PHAMYNX. 155 the fad that with very wide clef)—the cases with which the ordinary flap ope-ration is inadequate—the bony edges are likewise too scanty to afford a reason-able prospect of Buccess. For such wide clefts the soft flap method recentlypropo>ed by Davies-Colley, of Guys Hospital, commends itself. Figs. 20 and21 will convey his idea. Next, the introduction of the sutures, by far the most difficult part of theoperation. I prefer >ilk Butures, andconsider them much superior to silver wireand shot, as they are softer in the mouth, and seemingly do not produce thesame amount of irritation and annoyance to the child. Two colors, white andMack, Bhould he used, a- all the Btitchee Bhould be passed before tying, and ifthese color- alternate confusion of the ends need not occur. The well-curvedneedle, having been threaded, is introduced on one side (the patient beingrecum

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