Case of elongation of the under jaw, and distortion of the face and neck, caused by a burn, successfully treated / by Dr. S. P. Hullihen, of Wheeling, Va.

  • Hullihen, S. P. (Simon P.), 1810-1857.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Case of elongation of the under jaw, and distortion of the face and neck, caused by a burn, successfully treated / by Dr. S. P. Hullihen, of Wheeling, Va. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a slender saw introduced in the same place, and the upper three-fourths of the jaw, containing the six front teeth, was sawed off on a horizontal line ending at the bottom of the spaces before named, (see Fig. 1,) the detached portions being Fig. 1. still connected, on the outer and inner sides, to the jaw below, by the soft parts. After having, with the bone-nippers, re- moved from the detached portion the corners which were created by the horizontal and perpendicular cuts of the saw, it was set back so that the edges, from which the V shaped sec- tions were removed, came together, as represented in Fig. 2. Fig. 2. Thus it will be perceived that this portion of jaw and teeth, which before projected and inclined outward, now stood back and inclined inward, and in its proper and original place. In this position the jaw was secured, by passing ligatures around the cuspidati in the detached portion, and the now ad- joining bicuspides in the sound portion. Then taking an im- pression of the jaw in very soft wax, a cast was procured, and a silver plate struck up and fitted over the teeth and gum, in 1*