. Electricity in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat . or turbinal are pierced in oneor two places, the point being carried upward andbackward under the mucous membrane to the dis-tance of eight to twelve millimeters. Accumulations of lymphoid or erectile tissue oneither side of the bony or cartilaginous septum,causing nasal obstructions, especially those amen-able to the contractile action of cocaine or supra-renal are successfully removed in a similar manneras the hypertrophies on the inferior turbinal, as arealso the hyx)erplastic conditions on the floor of thenose. In these instances
. Electricity in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat . or turbinal are pierced in oneor two places, the point being carried upward andbackward under the mucous membrane to the dis-tance of eight to twelve millimeters. Accumulations of lymphoid or erectile tissue oneither side of the bony or cartilaginous septum,causing nasal obstructions, especially those amen-able to the contractile action of cocaine or supra-renal are successfully removed in a similar manneras the hypertrophies on the inferior turbinal, as arealso the hyx)erplastic conditions on the floor of thenose. In these instances, however, more than oneincision may be necessary to secure the required re-sult. THE TURBINATES. 471 Dr. E. Fletcher Ingals, in a personal conununi-eation, writes: In intumescent rhinitis and moder-ately severe hypertrophic rhinitis, nearly all of theobstruction arises from swelling of the inferior tur-binated bodies. In such cases, the best treatment, asit appears to me, is by longitudinal cauterizationof these bodies. In the mildest cases, a single cau-. Fig. 131.—Nasal Cautery Knives. terization through the middle of the body down tothe bone so as to produce adhesions, will answer thepurpose; but, usually, it requires two, one at thejunction of the upper and middle third, the other atthe junction of the middle and lower third. The
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