Ectropion : a case of ectropion successfully treated by transplantation of skin from the arm / by Louis H. Tosswill.

  • Tosswill, Louis Henry.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Ectropion : a case of ectropion successfully treated by transplantation of skin from the arm / by Louis H. Tosswill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [t was carefully cleaned of areolar tissue like the other, and fastened into its bed by means I live tine silk sutures. Goldbeater's-skin was placed over both lids, and over this abundance of cotton wool, which, was kept in its place by an ordinary roller bandage. The outer dressings were changed at the end of four days, but the goldbeater's-skin was not removed until the sixth day, wben some 'if the stitches were removed from the flaps. The remaining sutures were removed two days later. Eleven days after the operation tbe stitches which, united the lids were removed, and the latter were found to be firmly grown together. On the following day, the lids were separated by means of a bistoury, when the cornea was found to be much improved in appearance. The di^essings were gradually left off, but were not entirely discontinued imtil about five weeks after the operation. The graft in the upper lid remains almost exactly the same in size as when first placed in its bed, measuring from one and three-eighths to one and a half inches in length, and even