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Excerpt from Cleft Palate and Hare Lip IN order to attain to some precise knowledge of the principles which should guide us in the treatment of cleft palate and hare lip we should first study in detail the factors that influence the growth of the naso-pharynx and of the mouth and of the bones that surround these cavities. This is most important, since the success which attends these Operations, so far as concerns perfection of speech, varies directly with the degree of development of the naso-pharynx and with the freedom of the passage of air through it. This will place our treatment on a thoroughly scientific basis. We will consider in the first instance the factors that determine the form of the bones of the face. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.