Atlas and epitome of diseases of the mouth, pharynx, and nose / by L. Grunwald; authorized translation from the German, edited with additions by James E. Newcomb.

  • Grپnwald Ludwig, 1863-
Date:
1903
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Credit: Atlas and epitome of diseases of the mouth, pharynx, and nose / by L. Grunwald; authorized translation from the German, edited with additions by James E. Newcomb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    34; Plate 27, Fig. 1). The anomaly is produced by im- perfect inseition ot the cartilage or bone of the septum into the process of the intermaxillary bone. All these anomalies should be subjected to treatment only when they give rise to actual functional disturbances or other injuries that require removal or palliation. Ac- cordingly, the war of extermination that is waged by many surgeons against spines of all kinds is to be utterly condemned. Nothing less than interference with respira- Fig. 38. Membrane behind and covering the tubal folds. tion or the irritation due to contact with the inferior tur- t?tt?knif^T.Stagnati,0n-0f sPecretion j^fies a recourse to the knife. The popularity of these operations is respon- sible for the enormous number of methods and instruments that have been devised. For the removal of large and iroad excrescences I recommend a curved sculptor’s chisel with which the growths are chipped away inder inspection ; for moderately large and small excrescences the fenestrated knife, illustrated in Fig. 41 which is drawn over the bone or cartilage and nfakes a clean cut 14