A system of electrotherapeutics as taught by the International correspondence schools, Scranton, . §18 THE EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT 93 away. The rhinoscopic mirror will show the areas to betreated and will permit of their direct cocainization. Introducethe cautery-tip cold and with the mirror still in position, bringthe blade close to the area to be burnt. Now bring the tipquickly to a white heat and lightly sear the tissues forming oneof the crypts (see Fig. 59). The instrument is withdrawn. Fig. 59Tlluslratinfi the Method of Applying the Ekctroeautery to the Nasopharynx cold. Prior to
A system of electrotherapeutics as taught by the International correspondence schools, Scranton, . §18 THE EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT 93 away. The rhinoscopic mirror will show the areas to betreated and will permit of their direct cocainization. Introducethe cautery-tip cold and with the mirror still in position, bringthe blade close to the area to be burnt. Now bring the tipquickly to a white heat and lightly sear the tissues forming oneof the crypts (see Fig. 59). The instrument is withdrawn. Fig. 59Tlluslratinfi the Method of Applying the Ekctroeautery to the Nasopharynx cold. Prior to cauterization, observe that the shield protectsthe surrounding parts. The reaction is very slight. Thecauterization may be repeated biweekly until the secretionshave become modified and the tissues take on a more normaland elastic appearance. Night and morning douches withwarm saline- or borax-solutions constitute the after-treatment. 94 ELECTRICITY IN DISEASES OF §18 NEOPLASMS OF THE NOSE AND NASOPHARYNX 1 .35. Malignant growths, such as cancer and sarcoma, of thenasal cavities, fortunately, are rare. Sarcomata frequentlyinvade the nose by extension from the orbit and bones of theface, while carcinomata may originate in the epithelium of thenasal passages. The treatment of malignant growths consistsin their free and early removal. The diagnosis is of primeimportance, since if allowed to progress, the tumors soon invadeterritories difficult of access or entirely inaccessible to
Size: 1453px × 1719px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookid39002011210250medyaleedu
