The New York Medical Gazette Volume 1-2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...in about two months from the time of the injury. In consequence of the feeble vitality of the limb, the pressure of splints and bandages could not be borne, and the limb could only be supported on a trough or hollow splint, without bringing the fragments of the bone into a proper state of apposition. A considerable amount of shortening took place, Cure of Ecti-opion, Resulting from a Burn. and from the proximity of the fracture to the elbow joint, the motions of that articulation were very much restrained. The patient is still living and in good health, nearly seven years after the injury, but he has very little motion at the elbow of the affected limb. Case 3. Blepharoplastic operation, for the cure of an aggravated case of Ectropion resulting from a burn. Frederick Isemann, aged 7 years, had the left side of his face badly burned about three years ago, in consequence of his clothes taking fire. When the sore healed, there was left a hard wrinkled cicatrix of a reddish color, drawing down the lower lid, and occasioning an eversion of its whole internal surface. The conjunctiva of the lid which was thus exposed to the air, was dry, and resembled in its appearance the integument covering the vermillion border of the lips. The margin of the lid was much elongated. On the 5th June, 1841, at 2 P. M., I performed the following operation, assisted by Doctors J. Kearny Rodgers, Blakeman, Trudeau and Buel. I first made an incision immediately below the everted lid, by which I detached it from the cheek. I then cut out a V shaped piece from the lid, and brought the edges of the incision together with a suture, by which the tarsal edge of the lower lid was brought into apposition with the corresponding margin of the upper lid, leaving however a considerable chasm bet...