. Plexus. g the middle ear, attic,antrum and mastoid cells, a. Suppuration limited to the middle ear proper.—Here the treat-ment may be successfully accomplished by simple local treatmentthrough the external meatus (Fig. 1). Free drainage may be Treatment of Otitis Media. 91 established through the perforated drumhead by means of agauze wick inserted into the perforation and packed in the morbid material may consist of pus and bacteria and isreadily carried off with the drainage. The ear being thus drainedand freed from morbid material is maintained in a state of asep-sis, and havin
. Plexus. g the middle ear, attic,antrum and mastoid cells, a. Suppuration limited to the middle ear proper.—Here the treat-ment may be successfully accomplished by simple local treatmentthrough the external meatus (Fig. 1). Free drainage may be Treatment of Otitis Media. 91 established through the perforated drumhead by means of agauze wick inserted into the perforation and packed in the morbid material may consist of pus and bacteria and isreadily carried off with the drainage. The ear being thus drainedand freed from morbid material is maintained in a state of asep-sis, and having thus met the three principles of treatment, pro-ceeds toward a rapid and successful issue. b. Suppuration involving the midgle ear and attic.—In thesecases the treatment is not so easily accomplished. The estab-lishment of free drainage is not so easy, nor is the removal of themorbid material. Tt follows, then, that assepsis san not be sowell brought about. By referring to Fig. 1, it is seen that the.
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