OPERATIONS ON THE SKULL, L-'ALE, LIPS, ETC. 



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union has taken place. Should this occur, the wound must 

 be stitched up again as soon as possible, and one need not 

 immediately despair of a successful result, for the hp of the 

 patient shown in Fig. 67 was sutured three times before the 

 wound united. It may be necessary to extract a canine or 

 other projecting tooth if this interferes with healing. In 

 some cases this is absolutely necessary to a successful result, 

 and it was done in the subject of the ihustration. 



A coating of orthoform (or iodoform) and collodion 

 completes the operation. To prevent removal of the sutures. 



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Fig. 68. — Malformed Bull-puppy with Double Hare-lip (A and B) 

 and Cleft Palate (C). 



the animal must be closel}- watched for a \\hile, and the legs 

 mav be hobbled by means of pieces of tape or bandage 

 material passed round the waist and back, or an Elizabethan 

 collar may be put on (see Fig. 27). 



The results are excellent in a large proportion of cases, 

 \\hether the operation is done immediately after birth, or, as 

 in the case of the bulldog shown in Fig. 67, when the animal 

 is several months old. 



Operation for Cleft Palate. — A cleft palate is much more 

 troublesome to deal with than a hare-lip. If only a verv 



