Palatine fissure : its remedy by artificial means considered / by Chas. W. Stearns.

  • Stearns, Charles Woodward, 1818-1887.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Palatine fissure : its remedy by artificial means considered / by Chas. W. Stearns. 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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    teriov appendage is indicated by the letters q q in the drawings, and it will be seen that by the two on each side a groove (c c, Fig. v.) is formed along the edge of the velum, adapted to receive the edges of the fissure. This wax model then, with its lateral Avings, and also the velum to be made from it, comes to be of a size very much larger . Fig. 1. Gold Attachments.—View considerably enlarged. A and J9, portions from posterior margin of roof-plate ; p, toothed pin or pivot; « w, slotted tul« or swivel ; r, rhonchoidal spring, with hooked tail-piece t. Fig. 2. Posterior view of Ri-bber Velum, fob CASK PARTIALLY CLOI-FD BY SURGICAL CfKRaIICN. Fig. 3. Anterior vrcvr of Velum for Fimplk Fcscre of Soft Palate. W W, anterior wings ; q q, posterior do. ; ///, upper bow or spring ; « «, lower do. ; other let- ters some as in Fig. 1. TF W. wings covering anterior surface ; q q, parts of velum lying behind ihe fissure; V V, valve covering the ceniral opening ; m in and p are the same as in Fig. 1. than the mere widtli and length of the gap which it is designed to close. Many of those I have made, when held in the hand and examined, appeared truly formidable from their great size, but when