Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . a sitting. The acid causes themucin to coagulate; as a result, the growth frequently shrivelsand disappears in a few days, though several injections may bedemanded. In place of the carbolic acid, a few crystals of MUCOUS POLYPI MYXOMATA. 115 chromic acid can be fused on a probe and passed into thetumor. Glacial acetic acid is often used in solution, but itrequires repetition every four or five days. All acid applica-tions, however, have the disadvantage of causing a possibleseptic focus by their action on the polypus
Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . a sitting. The acid causes themucin to coagulate; as a result, the growth frequently shrivelsand disappears in a few days, though several injections may bedemanded. In place of the carbolic acid, a few crystals of MUCOUS POLYPI MYXOMATA. 115 chromic acid can be fused on a probe and passed into thetumor. Glacial acetic acid is often used in solution, but itrequires repetition every four or five days. All acid applica-tions, however, have the disadvantage of causing a possibleseptic focus by their action on the polypus. Cocaine, in a 4-per-cent solution, should be used in thenasal fossa before any operation on its tissues: first, to controlpain; second, to allay the fears of the patient; third, to allowmore room for the employment of instruments; and, fourth, forthe purpose of lessening primary haemorrhage. Formerly, nasal polypi were generally removed with for-ceps ; and, while this is the method still sometimes employed, itis usually very bloody and painful and, unless performed under. Fig. 42.—Caughtrys Light Angular Forceps. good illumination, often results in much loss of normal forceps and a small hook are often very useful aids inencircling the growth with a wire loop. Although the usualadvice is to touch the point of former attachment with acid,caustic, or cautery in order to prevent recurrence, my resultshave greatly improved since discontinuing such irritatingmeasures. Dr. E. Harrison {Jour. Resp. Organs, August,1890) advises frequent after-spraying with witch-hazel oralcohol. The best plan is to remove all of the polypi within reach,repeating the process in about ten days, and so continuing untilall have fallen from their pent-up position. The patient is thencarefully examined every month for a year, if possible, afterwhich a cure is usually well established. 116 DISEASES OF THE NOSE AND THROAT. In addition to the mechanical means referred to, treatmentshould be dir
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