The treatment in Germany of gunshot injuries of the face and jaws / tr. and abstracted from recent German publications, by W.H. Dolamore.

Date:
1916
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Credit: The treatment in Germany of gunshot injuries of the face and jaws / tr. and abstracted from recent German publications, by W.H. Dolamore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SS {fig. 36). The nasal splint consisted of two tin “ olives” which pre- vented cicatricial contraction. MouTH OPENER, A form of lever to be used when the jaws cannot be separated on account of cicatrices is shown in fig. 37. The rigid wires are fixed to metal cap splints cemented to the teeth, the splint being struck up to a model obtained by forcing open the mouth with a screw wedge. For this purpose an ordinary wooden paper clip is commonly used at Diisseldorf. Oran Orinice DiLAtTor: The forms of this device are shown in fig. 38. The movement in the lower form is caused by the traction of a rubber band attached to the two hooks. It was designed for use when the oral orifice is contracted after plastic operations, especially those undertaken to
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