SCALP

term appli i ed to the outer of the top of the skull, com covering skin, which is thick and has posed of number of hair follicles, super great with much fibrous ti ue, ficial fascia, are very containing arteries, which and bleed very freely when tortuous and nerves; a Ppa. eh cut, veins, posverior the anter ior and comprising muscle Parts of the occipito-frontal is with the flatt a fourth layer of loose between them; and the exter nal per ios areolar ti ue; fifth of the skull bones mak in g a teum It was formerly consid ered that |layer. of the scalp were especially wounds followed by suppuration or liable to be but these conditions are due erysipelas, to the invasion of bacteria, and are prevented, as in wounds elsewhere, by treating all injuries strictly by aseptic and antiseptic methods. The most common tumors of the scalp are Wens, which are sebaceous cysts, and are treated by removal under a_ local anesthetic.