Note 61 — PART SECOND. OF PARTICULAR SURGICAL SUBJECTS. (continued 11)

[In comminuted fractures of the lower jaw, it sometimes happens, in spite of our best-directed efforts, that the ends of the fragments cannot be maintained in contact. Under these circumstances it may become necessary to tie the pieces together by means of a gold or silver wire, or to make the patient wear a thin metallic plate, adapted to the shape of the jaw, and interposed between the cheeks and dental arches; to the latter of which it should be immoveably fixed.—ED.]