On the treatment of congenital cleft palate / by R. Ramsay.

  • Ramsay, Robert.
Date:
[1865]
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Credit: On the treatment of congenital cleft palate / by R. Ramsay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    which exists in the soft palate subsequently to the surgical operation, such tension in most cases tending to paralyze the action of the muscles, thereby preventing the patient from having the power of closing the passage to the posterior nares; consequently, nasal sounds cannot be avoided. On the other hand, by the mechanical appliance, from its being flexible and easily con- trolled by the natural muscles (Fig. 2), which Fig. 2.—An Improved Velum in situ. always have their full power of action from not having been severed by the knife of the surgical operator, the patient, with very little practice, can close the passages to the posterior nares suffi- ciently to enable him to give a purely oral sound when required.
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