Operation for closure of cleft of the hard and soft palate / by A. Vanderveer.

  • Vander Veer, A. (Albert), 1841-1929.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Operation for closure of cleft of the hard and soft palate / by A. Vanderveer. 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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    wise and good American surgeon, Dr. J. Mason Warren, of l^)OSton, in the study and performance of the operation. As far back as 1843, by his published cases, he gave a stimulus to the study of the subject that has resulted in great good. 'The operation has ever been a difficult one to perform ; yet the desire to relieve so serious a deformity has been so great, that now, the exertions and successes of Fergusson and others, each of whose attempts seem to have advanced the operation one step nearer perfection, no longer leave room for doubt that it lies in the power of the surgeon to do more for the relief of these cases than can be done by any other method, artificial or otherwise. In these two little patients whom I show you to-day, we have strong cases to illustrate the pathology, the definition of the lesion and its complications. Of the deformity known as Simple Harelip, you have had a goodly number of cases presented during the term, and I shall say but little upon the sul^ject, ex- cept as it refers to the two***tases before you. By Cleft of the Hard and Soft Palate is meant that condition wherein there is a fissure, more or less extensive, of the bony roof of the mouth, extending posteriorly through the soft pal- ate. It may be more or less complete, but generally extends through the entire structures as seen in this illustration from FIG 1.
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