OPERATIONS ON THE LIDS 



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Fig. i6. 



i'ig. 17- 

 Figs i6 17.— Restoration of lower lid by Burow's method. The dis- 

 eased tissue is removed with the flap a-h-c. The horizontal incision is 

 prolonged upon the temple and forms the basis of the triangle a-d-e. 

 This flap (B) being removed, the cutaneous flap a-c-d is dissected up and 

 drawn inward so that the angle a is sutured at the point b, and a-J forms 

 the free border of the lid. c-a is now united with c-b, and d-e with a e 

 with the result shown in Fig. 17. (de Schweinitz, "Diseases of the Eye. ) 



Entropion.— This is mostly confined to the upper 

 lid. To correct this it is necessary to cause traction 



