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OPERATIONS ON BONES. 



Pig. 253.— Splint, for Fracture of the Branches. 



front of the head being then covered with bandages prepared with 

 adhesive mixtures. During the entire course of treatment a special 

 method of feeding becomes necessary. The inability of the patient 

 to appreciate the situation of course necessitates a resort to an 

 artificial mode of introducing the necessary food into his stom- 

 ach, and it is accomplished by forcing between the commissures 

 of the Hps, in a hquid form, by means of a syringe, the milk or 



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I'M. 259.— Another Splint for Fracture of the Maxillary. 



