The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . of the tongue. He musttherefore be fed by enemata, andthrough an India-rubber tube passeddown the oesophagus. There isoften trouble from profuse saliva-tion for two or three weeks, owingto the patient being unable to swal-low the viscid saliva secreted ])ythe wounded and irritated is best controlled by alum andpyrethrum gargles, and by brushingover the inside of the mouth with asolution of nitrate of of the Tongue by the Galvanic Ecraseur Since the introduction of the g
The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . of the tongue. He musttherefore be fed by enemata, andthrough an India-rubber tube passeddown the oesophagus. There isoften trouble from profuse saliva-tion for two or three weeks, owingto the patient being unable to swal-low the viscid saliva secreted ])ythe wounded and irritated is best controlled by alum andpyrethrum gargles, and by brushingover the inside of the mouth with asolution of nitrate of of the Tongue by the Galvanic Ecraseur Since the introduction of the galvanicecraseur, that useful and ingeniousinstrument is now generally usedby Surgeons for the removal of thetongue after its exposure by thedivision of the lower jaw. In thisway the loss of blood may be entirely avoided, the whole tongue beingremoved without the escape of a single drop. The avoidance of haemorrhage in the removal of the tongue is a greatdesideratum, as it is alwa^s troublesome and sometimes difficult to se-cure the bleeding vessels. If the knife be used for the removal of the. Fig. 631. -Removal of Tongue by DivisionLower Jaw and Ecraseur.
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