Imperative surgery : for the general practitioner, the specialist and the recent graduate / by Howard Lilienthal.

  • Lilienthal, Howard, 1861-1946.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Imperative surgery : for the general practitioner, the specialist and the recent graduate / by Howard Lilienthal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTINUED SEPSIS AFTER OPERATION 38] drainage. The wound fills with granulations which cover the bone and arc themselves gradually covered by epithelium. A de- pressed scar results. Fistulae which may follow will require later operative treatment. Fig. 153. — The mastoid process opened. A rather large cavity is exposed, probably the antrum. Unless the septic manifestations quickly subside, the wound should be most carefully examined to detect retention or other sisrns of extending trouble. If nothing can be found locally, a full and painstaking examination of the entire individual should leave