Diseases of the nose and throat . discover the condition ofthe cartilaginous septum and of the anterior ends of the middle andinferior turbinate bodies. This procedure is very much facilitatedby preliminary spraying of the nares with a four per cent, solution ofcocaine. The indiscriminate use of cocaine, however, should not beencouraged, and it never should be used until we have first seen theparts in their natural state. We study the posterior nares and thenaso-pharynx by means of small mirrors introduced into the oro-pharynx, or posterior rhinoscopy. A good nasal speculum in anterior rhinosc
Diseases of the nose and throat . discover the condition ofthe cartilaginous septum and of the anterior ends of the middle andinferior turbinate bodies. This procedure is very much facilitatedby preliminary spraying of the nares with a four per cent, solution ofcocaine. The indiscriminate use of cocaine, however, should not beencouraged, and it never should be used until we have first seen theparts in their natural state. We study the posterior nares and thenaso-pharynx by means of small mirrors introduced into the oro-pharynx, or posterior rhinoscopy. A good nasal speculum in anterior rhinoscopy is almost as neces-sary as good illumination. The ideal speculum should be easy of METHODS OF EXAMINATION. 3 I manipulation, should give the patient no discomfort, and should becapable of admitting a generous flood of light. Such an one wehave in the Duplay speculum (Fig. 6). Its solid blades have thedouble advantage of exerting uniform diffuse pressure and at thesame time push aside the vibrissa?, which grow so profusely in. Fig. 7. Hartmanns Nasal Speculum. the nostrils of some patients, and which are apt to protrude throughthe opening of a fenestrated speculum and impede the rays of speculum is also a very convenient instrument (Fig. 7).It should be remembered that the walls of the nasal vestibule are but
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