. Diseases of the nose and throat . e nasal passages, but also those behind thepalate; and, even if it does not bring them all away, it materiallysoftens them and facilitates their removal. Other instruments ( and 50a) act upon the same principle, although less effectively. The method of using the nasal douche, and instructing the pa-tient to pass 1 or 2 quarts of hot, medicated fluid daily through thenose, up one nostril and down the other, which is often recommended,only accomplishes part of the object in view. It floods the nasalpassages, but not the naso-pharynx; and in this disease
. Diseases of the nose and throat . e nasal passages, but also those behind thepalate; and, even if it does not bring them all away, it materiallysoftens them and facilitates their removal. Other instruments ( and 50a) act upon the same principle, although less effectively. The method of using the nasal douche, and instructing the pa-tient to pass 1 or 2 quarts of hot, medicated fluid daily through thenose, up one nostril and down the other, which is often recommended,only accomplishes part of the object in view. It floods the nasalpassages, but not the naso-pharynx; and in this disease it is as im- ATKOPHIC RHINITIS. G3 portant to cleanse the one as the other. If the nose during the douch-ing is elevated enough to allow the fluid to pass beyond the softpalate, there is serious risk of flooding the Eustachian tubes, anaccident involving much danger to the inner ear. The use of thepost-nasal syringe, carefully adjusted well up behind the soft palate,with the head tipped forward, is devoid of this danger, while, as.
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