Surgical operations / by William Mac Cormac.

  • MacCormac, William, 1836-1901.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Surgical operations / by William Mac Cormac. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    KIFTH OR TRIGEMINAL NERVE. Indications.—Division of the branches of the fifth nerve appears to have been first performed by Mar(^cha], in the last century. The operation Flc. 333.—Areas of uistributiou of ihe branches of the fifth nerva and of tlie cervical plexus upon the head and face. is undertaken for the relief of severe pain in the area of distribution of the nerve and in some cases proves very successful; in others not at all. The