A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . ong the lower border of the septum. Thesecuts are, if possible, made beneath the mucous membrane and with- DISEASES OF THE NASAL SEPTUM. 397 out piercing tlie other side. Instead of tubes lie uses tampons for sixdays. An oi^eration having also a limited field of usefulness^ but one moreto be commended than the crucial incision, is Gleasons. Its advan-tages over the former are that local anaesthesia is employed, that theinstruments used are light and not liable to do violence to the interiorof the nose, and that with the patient in the sitti
A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . ong the lower border of the septum. Thesecuts are, if possible, made beneath the mucous membrane and with- DISEASES OF THE NASAL SEPTUM. 397 out piercing tlie other side. Instead of tubes lie uses tampons for sixdays. An oi^eration having also a limited field of usefulness^ but one moreto be commended than the crucial incision, is Gleasons. Its advan-tages over the former are that local anaesthesia is employed, that theinstruments used are light and not liable to do violence to the interiorof the nose, and that with the patient in the sitting position they areunder the intelligent guidance of the hand and eye. The Gleason oi^era-tion is especially useful for vertical columnar deviations, though it canalso be used for horizontal ones. Gleason describes two forms of de-flection. In one the septum is thickened so that removing the projectionon the convex side does not open the opposite nasal fossa, thus avoidinga perforation, and such deflections he simply saws away. The second Fig.
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