-_ 
HARE-LIP; 
fay any. thipg about the difficulty of. ufing Stel preceding 
he adjacent 
e operation to. be 
owever, as “le ers arays bale the 
i eda pri time that they divide them ; fuch: 
contufi ion invariably s union by the firlt Garter lefs 
in, we aS with thofe authors who aie the Bee 
ument mé 
may y be awakened ce. and hindered fi rom fleeping till the 
whic ich mieans t me drowly, and 
tageous to operate on children in a recumbent pofition ;. for 
polture, the blood infinuates itfelf i into the mouth, 
a ot t ure. 
‘to accom on 
cfitaae at the time when the comp ioner_ is ai a the. 
incifion, fhould. place, his hands Poke upon the cheeks, fo as. 
to keep the ef ges of the fiffure from being drawn away from. 
each other b childrens’ crying, an event. which would 
increafe the difficulty of the operation. 
gh thin ag to be confidered is, how much of each edge 
a oy 
r ter than i is abfolutely Cy at and increafe the 
of fiffure into contact, 
“When any portion continues unc ‘uty no union 
wat tow a fuch fituation, and an unhealed_ opening re- 
when the ce a of the fffure are uneven and; an. 
pst ith n the Ran are ftra eg 
st ly Happens that _v ittle a 
olute met ‘ar ihe purp urpofe of SoC 2. a . precife 
pe ge ‘ favourable cicatrix,. that. athe bo rder rder of 
pe the fiGure be removed by an even ftraigh 
fiderable distigurement. 
~ deal of aoe x 
ip. On this account, the: ‘furgeon is ag 
fomeétimes obliged to remove a confiderable f plese of the lip tr Sag 
nthe 
order to exe 
adopted ve 
in as 1s ag pro} 
equal by ang. f weep of ‘hes Lael 
the 1 inftrume 
mutt have weight in deciding whether mucli or ile ofthe 
li d.. When the fiffure is of fuch 
fi mt 
fides of Lay biome into ae, to cut off the a 
corner of that fide which i is ete long, and thus render . 
4 
a ie en already remarked, that. the edge of the ¢ con-. 
genital ba ie like the borde rot the natural lip, is com-. 
monly of a red colour, and covered with a fine cuticle, 
When the edge of the fiffure is not cut off as_far as it is red,- 
a red mark is left behind in the place, occafioning no incon, 
Hence it is always requilite to. 
remove more or lefs of the Bee according as the red & of, 
the fiffure is more or lefs broad, The lower angles of the. 
divifion 1 in the lip are id equen ea very round and thick, re- 
In this. wat 
cumitance, it is neceffary, in fach cafes, to cut away the... 
greatett part, if not the. SG of the round {wollen angles, 
Young practitioners, who have not been, 
anich on the bebit at operating, may derive fome afliitance , 
from ae the proper direction of the incifions with: 
ink, 
lip, and always gi 
if {ciffars are ever employed, 
we thal never be = leet cis the “ight i = rie 
when 
s bein ex el mo bl , it is obvious, that in, 
Ei eign ein ii = 
Set aS t which is to be cut fteady he 
fixed. Heifter and B. Bell have fe engravings of 10f, 
SER. ig arog for Ralls the 1 uch a ; 
een ufed, and 1 
one. It fixes a part exceedingly 
muc CF cee edge of the fiflure being left 0 
» fuch a can be oft ss ‘i 
guided along the | 
ae _by no means a 
well, age 
t of the 
= 
Ht is m1 t to obferve, howe wae 
= t to be id cre woe 
