Sajous's analytical cyclopædia of practical medicine . week we can beginto paint the pharj-nx. The best ap-plication for this purpose is a solutionof 15 grains of potassium iodide and12 of iodine in an ounce of water,well sweetened with glycerin. Thisshould be applied twice a day to the 384 ADENOID VEGETATIONS (KNIGHT AND CARiSS). pharynx with a brusli, taking care tosweep the brush round with a turnof the wrist before withdrawing it,so as to reach as high up as possiblebehind the soft palate. This applica-tion not only checks morbid over-secretion by curing the nasopharyn-geal catarrh, but al
Sajous's analytical cyclopædia of practical medicine . week we can beginto paint the pharj-nx. The best ap-plication for this purpose is a solutionof 15 grains of potassium iodide and12 of iodine in an ounce of water,well sweetened with glycerin. Thisshould be applied twice a day to the 384 ADENOID VEGETATIONS (KNIGHT AND CARiSS). pharynx with a brusli, taking care tosweep the brush round with a turnof the wrist before withdrawing it,so as to reach as high up as possiblebehind the soft palate. This applica-tion not only checks morbid over-secretion by curing the nasopharyn-geal catarrh, but also puts an end tolaryngeal irritation and favorably in-fluences the glandular fact, this is the very best method treatment does cause shrinkajre oftonsils and adenoids and an in-creased fibrosis and an atrophy of thelymphoid constituents of these struc-tures, but whether the diseased pro-cess is arrested—and this and not sizeis the usual indication for treatmentor removal—reinains to be proven, inview of the divergence of Knights adenoid forceps. of treatment for acutelj^ swollen cer-vical glands, and as long as the latterremain of elastic softness, varying insize from time to time according tothe amount of laryngeal worry, wemay expect them to be dissipated bythis means. Smith (Practitioner, Jan.,1910). Recently, much has been done andmuch has been reported rejjardingthe treatment of diseased tonsils andadenoids by means of X-ray andradium. The authors experience has been thatbut little, if any, change has been pro-duced in the diseased condition andoperation has been necessary in manycases which have previously been ex-posed to X-ray or radium treatment. The chances of recurrence in theordinary case diminish rapidly fromthe age of 4 to 7 after which theyare practically nil, unless anteriornasal obstruction exists or measlesor whooping-cough supervenes. T,Guthrie (Lancet, Apr. 20, 1912).
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