#cleft and craniofacial awareness month

[wavy-gorl]

happy disability month to anyone who feels like they're in a weird limbo of not feeling like they can call themselves fully able-bodied or disabled, ur still valid even if you don't fit certain visible standards of being considered disabled or if ur disability only impacts u sometimes

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Above is the link to the prompt challenge I've set up for Cleft Awareness Month 2023 (July). There are 31 prompts for fanfic writers to fill out over the course of the month

[iianetwork]

July is also the awareness month for: Arachnoiditis, Bone Cancer, Castlman Disease, Chronic Disease, Cord Blood, Diastasis Recti, DRESS Syndrome, Fibroids, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, Grave's Disease, Group B Strep Throat, Hemochromatosis, Perthes' Disease, Sarcoma, and more. [Image Description: White background with yellow splotches, black title reads "July Is The Awareness Month For...", below reads " Cleft & Craniofacial, Disability Pride Month, Fibroids, Fragile X Syndrome, Gastroschisis, Juvenile Arthritis, Minority Mental Health Month, Sarcoma, and many more."]

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Guest post from John Martin Rare Book Room

At the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences

MÜTTER, Thomas Dent (1811–1859). A report on the operations for fissures of the palatine vault. Printed in Philadelphia by Merrihew & Thompson, 1843. 28 pages. 23 cm tall.

The University of Iowa is a worldwide leader in cleft palate research and repair, so we thought it only appropriate to recognize National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month.

Many of you have no doubt heard of the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, with its famous collection of anatomical specimens and medical instruments. The namesake of the museum, Thomas Dent Mütter, was a 19th-century American surgeon who overcame personal tragedy to become a renowned surgeon and educator.

One area that fascinated him was cleft palate and lip repair. This month's book, A report on the operations for fissures of the palatine vault, written by Mütter and printed in 1843, details his straightforward repair for a cleft palate.

The earliest evidence of cleft lip repair comes from the Jin Dynasty (265-420 CE) in China. The earliest detailed description of a repair is from Jehan Yperman (c.1260–c.1331), a pioneering medieval Flemish surgeon. The first known detailed description of a cleft palate comes from 16th-century French surgeon Pierre Franco (1505-1578). Franco emphasized the importance of the palate to speech development and the congenital origin of the malformation.

Clefts could also be caused by syphilis, however, and during the 16th and 17th centuries, surgical repairs were not advised. Instead, our old friend, Ambroise Paré, along with the Portuguese surgeon Amatus Lusitanus (aka João Rodrigues de Castelo Branco), wrote of using obturators - custom prosthetic devices used to close the palate.

Interest in surgical repair continued, though, especially for congenital clefts. By the 19th century, several Fench surgeons had devised their own methods for repair, including Guillaume Dupuytren, who Mütter trained with while continuing his medical education in Paris.

The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia is celebrated for its collection of anatomical specimens of rare conditions, from the famous (and infamous), as well as medical instruments. The museum was founded with an original donation from the collection of Thomas Dent Mütter.

Mütter was born in 1811 in Richmond, Virginia. Sickness is a common theme in Mütter's life, and he lost both of his parents by the time he was eight. He was raised by a distant relative in a seemingly supportive environment.

Money left to him by his parents allowed him to attend Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. Mütter himself fell ill during medical school. He left for Europe after graduation in the hopes of improving his health in a different climate and to further pursue his medical education.

In Paris, he worked with the aforementioned Dupuytren and in London with Robert Liston. Mütter eventually put together a collection of lectures by Liston, which he annotated with 250 pages of his own.

Dupuytren was known for his exacting nature and Liston for his speed when performing a surgical procedure (which could mean the difference between life and death in the days before anesthesia and antibiotics). Mütter seems to have embraced the teachings of both his mentors, stressing the need for the simplest of tools and techniques when performing his reconstructive surgeries while trying to keep the pain and blood loss to a minimum.

In 1841, he joined the faculty of the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. It was there that he made a name for himself as an excellent speaker and engaging teacher. He used his ever-expanding anatomical and instrument collection to provide his students with hands-on experience.

Unfortunately, his ill health never truly subsided and he was forced to retire in 1856. He died three years later at the age of 48.

A report on the operations for fissures of the palatine vault demonstrates Mütter's adherence to his surgical principles. It is not a long book, only 28 pages, but it provides insight into his process and surgical philosophy. It includes several small illustrations of the steps of the procedure and the instruments used, examples of which you can see above.

The book is covered in a "library binding" of black cloth and the textblock shows evidence of having been trimmed (see the ownership mark in the upper right corner of the title page above). Indeed, this book was at some point pulled from the circulating Hardin collection and added to the Rare Book Room collection. It still contains the date due slip (last checked out in 1967!) and barcode sticker.

Contact Curator Damien Ihrig to view this tiny but mighty book or any others from this or past newsletters: damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu to arrange a visit in person or over Zoom.

[howlsofbloodhounds]

Why am I just now discovering that July is cleft and craniofacial awareness month. Didn’t even know we had an awareness month.

[mososimos]

July is National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month

Observed in July, National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month will spread awareness about cleft & craniofacial defects and other conditions. Read more..

[wandasncredible]

God Bless Your July !!!

God Bless Your July !!!

Creation,

Its July an Summer is in full swing. I will be on Vacation from July 1st-20th and its a well needed one of local traveling, spa time, and fun in the sun with the kiddos.

  With that being said……

This month is:

Happy 4th of July ( Independence Day)

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

National Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Awareness Month

I love sharing these monthly posts. Not only…

[ur-stepdad]

it's also cleft and craniofacial awareness month!

Though the jokes that "since gay pride month is over, july is now gay wrath month" are funny and all, it's important to remember that July is ACTUALLY Disability Pride Month and y'all should really be focused on boosting disabled voices and issues this month! For instance, the fact that marriage equality doesn't actually truly exist in the United States for disabled people, or the fact that disabled people are forced to live in poverty or lose their disability benefits, or the fact that 1 in 5 people with chronic pain end up sufferring from alcoholism or other addictions, or how accessibility is still a daily battle for all of us, or how there are active hate groups on places like reddit who try to "call out" those they see as "faking" their disabilities.

This July, boost disabled voices. Talk about the issues that our community faces. Call out ableism.

[cured01]

The issues can lead people, both children and adults, to lack self-esteem and other developmental problems. Cleft And Lip Palates can also lead to breathing problems, language development, and speech-related problems.

This article sheds light on the issue and causes of cleft and craniofacial conditions, with a simple aim to help uplift those with such issues.

[wavy-gorl]

it's so real that i was born in craniofacial awareness month, i was born to slay mouth breathing and 11 surgeries

[newwwwusername]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Books) - Percy & Sally - Cleft Awareness Month Prompt 22 : Parent

Prompt : Write a fic from the perspective (this doesn't necessarily mean first-person POV but it can be that if you want) of a parent whose kid/teen/adult has a cleft lip and/or palate Headcanon : Percy has a cleft lip and palate

Sally knew before Percy was even born that the kid was going to have a hard time.

After all, he was a demigod. Poseidon had warned her about a lot of the problems he'd have- Bad luck, learning disabilities, attracting monsters. She accepted it all upfront. Plenty of kids had learning disabilities and, the other stuff? Well, they would deal with it when it came up.

What she hadn't been prepared for was a craniofacial deformity.

Percy was born with a cleft lip and palate, which she didn't know until the moment he was born and the doctors informed her. She was caught off guard, as Poseidon hadn't told her about this (he didn't know), but she loved her son no matter what, and she quickly began working double the amount to pay for his surgeries and speech therapy.

He was bullied in school, of course, and it hurt to see him come home from school crying so often because, on top of constantly getting in trouble for his attention issues or slowness or magical situations he had no real control over, the worst of his classmates teased and bullied him for his scarred lip and slight speech impediment.

It hurt, seeing her son wishing he was born looking normal or crying because a kid in his class said he was ugly and now he couldn't get that thought out of his head. She knew that he'd eventually probably need to go to Camp Half-Blood for safety reasons and she knew he'd likely find more acceptance there but, in the meantime, she was forced to watch her kid struggle because of something beyond his control.

"Those kids don't know what they're talking about" she told him after one particularly bad day at school. "You're not ugly. They're just insecure about how they look, so they're taking it out on you. And, you wanna know something?"

"What?" Percy asked, his voice wet from tears.

"I think you look better than all of them combined" she told him with a warm smile. That seemingly worked, as the boy broke out into a fit of giggles.

"You're so cheesy, mom"

"Better cheesy than a bully"

"I love you"

"I love you too, son"

Do not repost on other sites! If you want to participate in this month's challenge, there are 31 cleft-centered prompts that you can find here

[drmonicatadros]

July is National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month. One of the most common birth defects in the United States, thousands of infants, children, teens, & adults are affected by cleft and craniofacial conditions every year. With proper treatment, most with craniofacial clefts will live happy & healthy lives.

Learn more on reconstructive plastic surgery for cleft & craniofacial conditions at the Center For Sinus, Sleep, and Facial Plastic Surgery: https://drmonicatadros.com/p…/reconstructive-facial-plastic/

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[drmuya]

Tahukah anda? Julai ialah bulan kesedaran klef dan craniofacial. . . Untuk ketahui lebih lanjut mengenai prosedur pembedahan dan rawatan untuk klef bibir dan lelangit, lawati capaian alamat ini di laman sesawang di . Malaysian Society Of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery : http://msprs.org.my/reconstructive-surgery/cleft-lip-and-palate/ . . Informasi pembedahan plastik, rekonstruktif dan estetik yang bermanfaat untuk anda oleh pakar bedah plastik surgeri Malaysia. . . Did you know? July is cleft & craniofacial awareness month? . . For more information on cleft lip and palate procedures, visit this link at : . Malaysian Society Of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery website : . http://msprs.org.my/reconstructive-surgery/cleft-lip-and-palate/ . Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeries information that is beneficial for you by Malaysian plastic surgeons. . . ________________________________________ #RestoreandRefine™🦋 . . #plasticsurgery #plasticandreconstructivesurgery #reconstructivesurgery #plasticsurgeon #plasticsurgerymalaysia #femalesurgeon #ladysurgeon #cleft #cleftlip #cleftpalate #cleftlipandpalate #craniofacial #klefbibir #kleflelangit #klefbibirdanlelangit #clapam https://www.instagram.com/p/CCQwYuMF1Xt/?igshid=1j4q76acuv2ld

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