The practice of surgery . Fig. 622.—Fracture of nasal of bone by instru-ment introduced into the nostril (Scud-der). Fig. —Cobbs splint applied toa case of fracture of the nose. Tliehead-band is .so adaj)ted to the shape ofthe liead that it remains fixed and of-fers a point of counterpressure (Scud-der) each nostril to preserve its contour and lumen. In those rather fre-quent cases which do not show deformity one need use no splint. Alwayswhen the mucous membrane of the nose is damaged, with a coincidentcompound fracture, the nares must be kept scrupulously clea
The practice of surgery . Fig. 622.—Fracture of nasal of bone by instru-ment introduced into the nostril (Scud-der). Fig. —Cobbs splint applied toa case of fracture of the nose. Tliehead-band is .so adaj)ted to the shape ofthe liead that it remains fixed and of-fers a point of counterpressure (Scud-der) each nostril to preserve its contour and lumen. In those rather fre-quent cases which do not show deformity one need use no splint. Alwayswhen the mucous membrane of the nose is damaged, with a coincidentcompound fracture, the nares must be kept scrupulously clean withgentle douching, for which there is nothing better than a 50 per cent,alkalol , or Sellers solution. Various external splints have been devised. I reproduce Cobbssplint and Coolidges splmt, either of which is effective, though theCoolidge splint is much the cheaper. Make no promise as to the resulting deformity, for until the initialswelling has subsided and union is complete, no man may say whethera deform
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