New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-21
MAKING OYER A BABYS FACE.
sKnFUL OPERATION TO CURE uARE LIP-A HOS.
PITAL WARD FOR CHILDREN.

sRiIFUI. OPERATION TO CURE uARE LIZA HOS
PITAL WARD FOR CHILDREN.
The Post Graduate Medical School, No. 226
East Twentieth-st. has feature. lately established IN
connection with the hospital that has long been Needed
but before made part OF any hospital In tue city,
ward. in bright and sunny: room on the top hoor'
has been set aside for chdrons diseases with tho nen
ton OF ,king a speciality Of treating chill ircn under
one year old The managers OF tho hospital have mad
this object in view for long time and have been
waiting until certain amount OF money was RAISED.
when they intended, not only to open chdrens ward
also transform tho roof of the building into n
sanitarium. where the small patients could play or be
carried the fresh air ana sunshine. SO many Children
needing special and skilled attention, were brought
hosI ial day that the managers decdeu not
TO wait any logger for money they opened the ward
and will go with the sanitarium rs quickly as
possible
One OF the patients brought to the hospital last week
WAS little girl about six weeks old She had special
disease but was suffering from the def0rmy known as
hare lip. 1t an uncommon case Not only was
the upper split vide open TO the nose but there was
also an Of the front jaw bone for aO0nt nail an
inch. The jaw bone also pressed forward to such an
extent that lips could not be closed In addition 10
these conditions upon opening che chids mouth she
was found to have cleft palate. Nearly the whole ROOF
Of the mouth absent, and 1t presented ueclneiy
unnatural appearance. The parents or the child had
perfectly formed lips and paates, with the exception OF
crack that is hardly noticeable In the lower lP OF the
mother They had three children. The first child had
cleft palate the second cleft palate and hare lip and
died under all OF GRAFTON, ami the third was the child
already described. Although tue PARENTS had lost one
child in the attempt to reduce the dciornity by an
operation they were willing to have lhts child operated
upon also. on saturday week ago DE- :. d. foWeH
determined "a the child in far ply steal condition.
70 operate upon her at once The baty was placed on
the table in the opcratincToom where several physicians
i'm the hospital present. osies the nurses. lny
WORK Then DR.. Powell directed his assistants To inli
the chd's head and eXtremiles rmly me niue thhs
thetc. While assistant hed the chiiis heal SO tut
could not move II III her sirnIIe' Tue s9rarUn oH
pair OF bone OvcepS and b-Okc tie ner Jaw hohe 80
thai IL could lie bent INTO such shape that the upper
could close over It. ana could aus" ii.he nn I
flexible il was beat inward without uun1le. ihr clu
i nt ike The treatment at all ana yelled with vigor
that was worthy of much larger body AFTER me bone
nd been PROPERLY adjusted the surgeon began de cae
10 dssect the upper Ip fee om the j"S bone so mat
could be stretched sufficiently without drawing the
features OF the child into an unnatural shape 10 'o' w
the space made by the split In tho mp. me emu
violent CRYING kept the blood from getting mo inc lungs
ana causing suioclton. , - e., l., , ,, an,
After enough OF both sides OF the lip hat hetn cnt
loose from the hone to make good un'on: the niue
patient ALTO we'd To have breathing spell As son
she rested the surgeon Went n"'A 70 Tvs WI
Taking up side OF the lip he eat the surface Whcr
vas split until the whole edge WAS law aud blecdug
Then two pins were given 10 lEc slr-'nn' O'c =" ~
was inserted through the flesh Of the Up just un Ter ne
nose and the other the line where TIE red pai o. me
nj the parts OF the tip perfectly ana huId thr hr
both parts OF thc lip ami carefully u-hirncd F."
that the two bleeding surfaces NoAil come tosr'hrr
evenly and when heated would show only trllug scar
After the rus were removed narrow strip. OF sticking
plaster were FROM one cherk TO the other ana
fastened in such manner that when the chd couEhr
or cried the strain would upon tie plaster INSTEAD
OF the stitched p aud we olerH,"n WIS oNr, 10 III
seemed to appreciate ths thur the patent li'r
face however had undergone Aa,Fcd change and her
most intimate friend wOnld hardly nave known h't.
stead nf the unpleasant drformiiy of short hour
l.fpre there WIS "A face. OH looking, from lie s-tut
crying hut round and natural. Ike any other baby :
lace She waS taken back to the ward put INTO nor COT
and within an hour she sucking her thumb hS II
there Was 10 such thing hare lips or surgeons knives
After an operation ~ THIS Kind child l. great rene
flied hy being left hospital 10 lie care y skilled
nurses Ystcad % being taken home. When taken nome
the child is sure loosen the strips nat hold The Up ~
Mace and the result that the whole opc hon has 10
he done over. Under IT." eyes OF warhtu! nurses iI
am Guilty Of tins kind l. avoided Tbs hite patrt 90"
ing well and viii IN all probability be well IN ashoTt Tine
Then "A further examination viii be mt!c ann. -
po>sb'c that another OPERATION may be necessary 10
ma Ike some slight changes In the form % The lip.