. The Boston medical and surgical journal . of thenose, either with the ringers or forceps, a vertical fold of skin sufficientlylarge to cause the deformity to disappear, and then cut it with strong-scissors. The loss of substance on the nose, of the form of a myrtleleaf, is of a variable extent, as the epicanthus is more or less effect the union by means of pins placed transversely, and sustainedby the twisted suture. This operation perfectly remedies the should the epicanthus be monocular, it will suffice to take out theexuberant semilunar portion of skin by means
. The Boston medical and surgical journal . of thenose, either with the ringers or forceps, a vertical fold of skin sufficientlylarge to cause the deformity to disappear, and then cut it with strong-scissors. The loss of substance on the nose, of the form of a myrtleleaf, is of a variable extent, as the epicanthus is more or less effect the union by means of pins placed transversely, and sustainedby the twisted suture. This operation perfectly remedies the should the epicanthus be monocular, it will suffice to take out theexuberant semilunar portion of skin by means of scissors, whose convexitywill be calculated by that of the fold to be cut away ; and the cicatrix con-sequent thereon will be hidden in the inner angle of the eye operated is the means of which I propose to make use in the next case ofdouble epicanthus which J shall have occasion to notice, with a view toavoid making a vertical wound on the nose, which leaves in this place ascar, linear it is true, but still one always 3, Epicanthus douhle. 4,5, Epicanthus monocular. When the epicanthus is accidental it is necessary to inquire into thecause which has produced it. We will see presently an observation of acase, in which the treatment directed against an inflammation of the eyelidcaused this affection to disappear promptly. Treatment of Typhus. 51 The drawings are copied from the valuable work of Professor d Ammon,and fully delineate the appearance of the deformity. The numbers cor-respond with the French edition of the plates. TREATMENT OF TYPHUS.—DIt GILLETTES REPLY TO DIl REHD. To the Editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Sir,—In your Journal No. 21, page 423, I notice a communication fromDr. E. F. Reed, in which, contrary to his usual courtesy, his indignationseems to have been somewhat roused, on account of some remarks madeby me in a previous communication in review of Dr. Sills dissertationread at the Annual Convention of the Connectic
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