Cases in surgery : illustrative of a new method of applying the wire ligature in compound fractures of the lower jaw / by Hugh Owen Thomas.

  • Thomas, Hugh Owen, 1834-1891.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Cases in surgery : illustrative of a new method of applying the wire ligature in compound fractures of the lower jaw / by Hugh Owen Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 mode hitherto practised ; and I am so convinced of its superiority that I beUeve it has only to be known to be adopted, and to supersede the comphcated and painful appliances hitherto in use. It is not necessary for me to enter into the merits of the numerous methods now in practice, the mechanics of this injury have been so well illustrated by Hamilton, Packard, and Heath. I make no claim to originality in the use of wire liga- ture in fractures of the jaw, as it has been used, though only in exceptional cases, by Dr. Buck, of New York, in 1847; Kinloch, of Charleston, 1859; Hamilton, of New York, 1858; and Mr. Wheel- house, of Leeds, 1864. In 1863 I operated suc- cessfully in a case where a portion of the lower jaw, including two incisor teeth, had been removed by a direct blow from a capstan bar. Since then I have on every occasion practised this plan. The instruments used are the drill (fig. 1) and its bow (fig. 2). The illustration of the drill is full size, and delineated in section to show its construction ; A is