Hare-Lip

Hare Lip and Cleft Palate

"A BEAUTIFUL FACE is a silent commendation," wrote Francis Bacon, and he might with equal truth have written, "an ugly face is a silent condemnation." A baby born with a hare lip must produce almost a feeling of revulsion in the mother and relatives. It takes a great mother-love to bring up with affection and care this almost hideous progeny. The condition occurs about one in every thousand bir...

Hare Lip and Cleft Palate

Le Mesurier's operation for hare lip.

Hare-lip surgery in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.

There have been a few articles published in Chinese and English on hare-lip surgery in the history of traditional Chinese medicine. They are brief and some of them are inaccurate, although two recent English articles on this subject have presented an adequate picture on some aspects.' This article offers unreported information and evidence of both congenital and traumatic hare-lip surgery in th...

A short history of anaesthesia for hare-lip and cleft palate repair.

Since ancient times, hare-lip has been treated by paring the edges of the cleft and holding the raw surfaces together with pins or sutures until healed (Washio, 1968). The operation could be completed in a minute or so, and when general anaesthesia became available in 1846, it was soon used for these short cases. John Snow reported giving ether for a lip repair in 1847 (Snow, 1847), and, by the...