HARE-LIP. 
the piris, keep that ‘part of the wound exceedingly well 
on even when the pins are at a con nfiderable diftance 
L ‘Louis, in ~ fourth salsa of the Mémoires = 
Academie « sg ae has altogether condemned w 
hare-lip, and has agibe merel 
and — plafler for ria 
reprefen ; fully e 
par of the brated future, he obferves, bring on 
and fi ee peetion, in confequence of the w 
occa d the irritation they excite as foreign — 
Hence, fays M. Tui, they mutt be diametrically ad 
the reat aim of the furgeon, which is to accomplifh union 
firtt intentiqn. Papen it Is = pag made by 
and eaf — 
act quite unre 
‘the lip of courfe is Rethed ‘a contin 
flate, which is followed by pain and sadhana daikon: 
the power alluded to a&ts wath force, the preflure of the pins 
hurts the wound and makes it inflame ; and there is a danger i 
d to a om from an a¢tual deficiency 
of “Talay in te e ip which idea makes furgeons fancy 
es an “2 ta the 
is lealt applicable 
ri and effe@tual, fince the pins make their 
way through the edges of the wound and fallout. 
fake of corroborating the foregoing oe M. 5 ihe 
cures were effected i he happieft w 
with the mere employment of a cy "ie8 other pata 
where the failed with the twifted future. 
Many kinds of bandages have been propofed for uniting 
Pere oa 
the hare-lip ; ; but to give im of them alkin this place : 
lone Re 
would be fa 
Here we can only m 
ound which ae 
ing the fides of the wound together, the twiited future 
parts 
For the ‘o 
ention 
which M. Louis was in n the claims, 
s the wound ms 
pers 
each end of which a ion is ag aes whi rine 
the cheeks forwards, when the inftrument is put round the 
back part of the neck. To the middle of the fteel a band is 
attached, which is fmeared with adhefive plalter from the end 
of the inftrument to the fide of the wound. In the vicinity of 
ends to fome adhefive platter, vias 3 is laid upon the cheeks. 
The whalebone is then made to pufh the fides of the face 
arguments, the above bandages. 
Platner, Chopart, &c. have rec led, are ine eat 
without a future. We fhould Sates & that they are no 
fo well adapted to praétice as the twi ed pict bectule, 
in order to be fuccefeful, they require a great ¢ 
and, after all, are not fo certain of anfwering as 5 the future. 
Richter accounts for co inefficacy on the follo wry, Si 
As the congenital. pr pad is a defeé of firft 
i why this deformity of 
mere divifion of the parts, 
the lip. thould invariabl 
He contends, that in fome’ 
Ricker inquires 
anced in fam 
bandage. bandage 
ce pang the wound, fo that the furgeon cannot. f 
yandage has has fometimes f rover 
that it. tight not to be concluded, that a Spend nin 
