The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-23

to have prayers. omitted. Therefore. prava,,
are TO be omitted. prayers
SEVERAL infants are daily brought into sr,,.
ence at the New York Emergency HosnitoI - .'-
Women, and the chorus of uncultivated -. 1V'
zation that is impressed upon visitors U'S y.
Mr.. Gerry's society as cruelty to childrer' by oy
what can the commodore dor NOTHING Due
not question whether the child sc,r ~ Is
should be allowed to sing their baby RHYMES 81
wang" but whether these DOOR unfertTD.t.u
infants, apparently out of reach or the ,Yuuate
shall be allowed to yell their natural Irntraiy;
tunes until their little lungs refuse IN o. @
they sink exhausted asleep. One day I r9.
Gently an infant was born in -
OF the wards who was restrained by the r,i, Sts
power from joining in this chorus as n do5Soyy
for the purpose. The infant, as a result aroN ~
fat. and was the healthiest In the instituttion'
The poor little fellow had no mouth lis cSaat'
being perfectly united frou ear to ear bv Dioas
of smooth, white skin and flesh that was pri,S
out olemish, and appeared to have been mad
to stay 80. Upon this question of closed month,
the books are silent, and what to do for tba
child was puzzle to the physicians. The oIdaS,
practitioner had never seen anything likeit a0J
the case was pronounced a l Q narkahla franz ~
nature. Even DR.. Francis Mason the famous
London facial specialist, in his work m Tbs
surgery OF the face, mentions no such case Az
the babe grew older it seemed to understsn1
that something was wrong, and would seeno ~
ret over 1t by holding its breath. The
must be done, if possible, and a consultation 3,
prominent surgeons and physicians was calAd
thorough examination was made, with view
OF remedylng the deformity. The upper and
lower jaw bones seemed to be perfectly formsJ
and were capable of slight motion but strict-
ure OF some kind was upon them. The missos
mouth opening should not prevent tina ia >
bones from operating. The attachment was
thought to be due to some adherng membrane
although there was evidently a little openin,
between the flesh and the bone, as when tbs
child tried to initiate the action of blowing TIA
cheeks would pun out slightly. The constrIc.
ton OF the inside Of the mouth could moi Ia
determined with precision. All that was known
was that the front and rear nasal passavs
seemed to be naturally developed The exami.
nation resulted in determination to performs
surgical operation on the child and run the rss
of the internal mouth being adapted to The
admission of air. A local injection of coeains
was administered in the flesh under the nose
and Of each cheek for several minutes When
needles could be stuck into the skin without the
child wineing, the operating surgeon made an
incision about half an inch under the nose
where the obteularis owls muscle ought to be-
The knife sunk deeper and deeper into tina
senseless flesh until an obstruction was reached
Upon the flesh being dissected I'D from the
bones 1t was found that a probe could be To-
serted between the upper and the lower law
bones. and as it met with no resistance il was
concluded hat the internal formation of The
organ was normal, and the operation was con-
tinued with more confidence. further invest-
CATION resulted in the discovery that
the niawbones, as anticipated BY
their incapability OF more than slight motion
when Joined together in front by an elastic
membrane that was thick and tough. The back
had no connection, however, and the front
membrane was severed the entire length with
the greatest dexterty. as it bled profusey and [
there was great danger that some Of the blood
might get into the infants wtndpipe and cause
suffocation. When the membrane had been
divided the jaws could be moved easily, and
when opened wide the roof OF the mouth was
the only thing that appeared normal. Th'r
was only suggestion OF a palate. and the
tongue, which is usually large in babies, was far
back 10 the rear of the mouth, and not more than
half the size 1t should have been. 1t exhib-
tied a peculiar motion, also, that had never
been noticed in tongue before by the surgeons
present 1t lei directly up and down.
que Is and regularly. Now that the mouth
was made. something had to be done to keep
the inoision from healing. For this purpose,
before the wound WAS bandaRed plugs Of
pressed cotton we're placed between the Jaw
bones to keep shem from coming together.
Pressed cotton was also applied behind what
would be the lips, so as to have them protruds
naturally. This done, the wound was bandsged,
the mouth being left open by the plugs. hsnoT
several days since the operation was per
formed. and the wound, as is usual with
children, has healed rapidly. The mouth has
already formed itself. and is quite natural 10
appearance.
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