DESCRIPTION OF PLATE II.

Plate II. shows the state of the parts in the case of median fissure reported in the Appendix. Being taken from a cast made after the operation, it shows the restoration of the posterior part of the hard palate, together with the velum; it serves also to give a general idea of the extent to which I now aim to close extensive fissures in the bony arch.

ON THE

MECHANICAL TREATMENT

OF

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION

OF THE

JOINTS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES,

WITH A

DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW APPARATUS

FOR PRODUCING

EXTENSION AT THE KNEE AND ANKLE-JOINTS.

BY

LEWIS A. SAYRE, M. D.,

SURGEON, BELLEVUE HOSPITAL;

PROFESSOR OF ORTHOPÆDIC SURGERY, BELLEVUE HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE;

RESIDENT PHYSICIAN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; N. Y. STATE MED. SOC.; N. Y. ACAD. OF MED.: N. Y. PATH. SOC., ETC. ETC.

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