Surgery; its theory and practice . In smallchildren the tympanum can be inflated without their PoUtzers bag. drinking water. Some pa-tients find a difficulty in swallov/ing easily when told to do so;such persons should be made to say some guttural word, such as Huck. {c) To pass the Eustachian catheter {Y\g. 214), hold the in-strument lightly between the forefinger and thumb and pass ^^- ^^^• it quickly along the floor of ^^^g»— • - ^^^ the nose, keeping the point ofthe instrument downwards till it reaches the back of the Eustachian catheter. pharynx ; next draw it forward about three-quarters
Surgery; its theory and practice . In smallchildren the tympanum can be inflated without their PoUtzers bag. drinking water. Some pa-tients find a difficulty in swallov/ing easily when told to do so;such persons should be made to say some guttural word, such as Huck. {c) To pass the Eustachian catheter {Y\g. 214), hold the in-strument lightly between the forefinger and thumb and pass ^^- ^^^• it quickly along the floor of ^^^g»— • - ^^^ the nose, keeping the point ofthe instrument downwards till it reaches the back of the Eustachian catheter. pharynx ; next draw it forward about three-quarters of an inch, gently rotating outwards at thesame time, till the point is felt to ride over the posterior lip ofthe Eustachian orifice, and further rotating it till the ring of thecatheter is in a line with the outer canthus of the eye, push theinstrument slowly onwards, when the point will be in theEustachian orifice. Another method for reaching the orifice ofthe tube is to draw the instrument forward over the back of the.
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