MEDIAN NEURECTOMY. 



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Fig. 507. — Operation of median neurectomy. The nerve exposed. 



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Fig. 508. — Section of Fig. 509.— Longitudinal section of the median nerve, 



" amputation fibro- 6 inches below the point at which neurectomy was per- 



ma " from the divid- formed. The remains of the nerve bundles contain the 



ed end of the median degenerated myelin cylinders (stained black). The 



nerve, three months, loose connective tissue surrounding the divided nerves 



after operation. contains fat, as indicated by the smaller black dots. 



