Operation

(pp-er-a' -shun). An act; especially a surgical act upon the body. A table of many of the most important operations is appended. O., Curative effect of, per se; the improve ment or disappearance of symptoms after a simple exploratory incision, with closure of the wound, the supposed condition not being found to exist, or not being amenable to interference. O., Major, a serious and important surgical operation. O., Minor. See Surgery , Minor. O., Plastic. See Surgery . il. A mineral of a blue consisting of silicon. O.-blue. Same as tint-blue. CUine (pf -pal-in). Having the Dpearance of an opal. O. Patch, the mucous patch:' syphilis, forming in the mouth a whitish pellicle. C ique yo-pak'. Dark, obscure, Dt transparent. O. Nerve-fibers, persistence of the edullary sheaths of the optic-nerve fibers beyond the mina cribrosa, forming brilliant white patches upon •e retina as seen by the ophthalmoscope. pan of the thigh below Poupart's ligament. It transmits the internal saphenous vein and is covered by the cribriform fascia. OF OPERATIONS SURGERY. A.ie's: I. Lateral anastomosis of the intestines with lit -gut rings. 2. For varicocele; resection of the scro: m. with ligation of the exposed veins. Abernethy's, ion of the external iliac artery. In the earlier an incision was made in the line of the artery!r about three inches, commencing nearly four inches jupart" s ligament. Later the incision was le arlv vertical and more curved, with the convexity wnward and outward, extending from about one inch thin and one inch above the anterior superior spine one and one-half inches above, and external to, the nter of Poupart' s ligament. Adams': I. Osteotomy vlosis of the hip-joint, the neck of the femur being ided subcutaneously within the capsule. 2. Coreci vy; the iris is drawn into a small, corneal incision, order to change the position of the natural pupil. 3.: t deviated nasal septum; the bent cartilaginous sepn is forcibly straightened by means of special flat, rallel-bladed forceps. 4. For Dupuytren 's when the bands extend far down the sides of the It consists in multiple subcutaneous section the palmar fascia from without inward. 5. For.' a triangular wedge is removed from the lickne of the lower lid, and the edges are ted by -utures. 6.