Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . ection and de-odorization are necessities (see Ozsena). Cauterants are inadvis-able, as they often tend to aggra-vate the symptoms. If there beloose, necrosed or caried, bone, itshould be removed with forceps orcurette. If the sequestrum be loose,but too large to remove through theulcerated sinus, the latter should befirst enlarged with a small, blunt-pointed bistoury. The after-care consists in frequent antisepticspraying, when the opening will soon close. If the bone be onlydenuded, it had better be curetted. In in
Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . ection and de-odorization are necessities (see Ozsena). Cauterants are inadvis-able, as they often tend to aggra-vate the symptoms. If there beloose, necrosed or caried, bone, itshould be removed with forceps orcurette. If the sequestrum be loose,but too large to remove through theulcerated sinus, the latter should befirst enlarged with a small, blunt-pointed bistoury. The after-care consists in frequent antisepticspraying, when the opening will soon close. If the bone be onlydenuded, it had better be curetted. In infants with congeni-tal syphilis, it is frequently necessary to spray the nostrils, andthen wipe them out carefully with pledgets of absorbent cottonor blotting-paper, or to introduce small rubber tubes tliroughthe inferior meatus, in order that they may have space for respira-tion during nursing. As their only mode of clearing the nostrilsis by sneezing, this may be produced reflexly, by tickling the is scarcely advisable, as it may force tlie fluid into the. Fig. 34.—Politzers Air-Bag. THERAPEUTICS OF SYPHILIS OF THE NOSE. 75 deeper air-passages and cause spasm of the larynx. Politzersair-bag is to be given the preference, as, with it, tlic air-currentforces the discharges into the naso-pharynx, at tlie same timethat it frees the nasal passages and inflates the middle ears. In the early stages of the acquired form, mere. iod. is veryeflectual; but if there be oedema or infiltration, two to Avegrains of kali iod. crystals (in solution) shoidd be given threetimes daily. In the tertiary form kali iod. is most applicable,but the treatment is not to be confined to the remediesnoted, as special indications may call for others. In the con-genital variety, when the disease shows itself soon after birth,mere, dulcis is often the most appropriate remedy. Thei^apeutics. AsafoBtida.—Oflensive, greenish discharge, with caries ofthe bones, and a feeling as if the nose wou
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