Excerpt from The Pathology and Surgical Treatment of Hypertrophic Nasal Catarrh: Description of a New Operation for the Radical Cure of Nasal CatarrhN my endeavor to find a simple method for the relief of the exceedingly annoying symptoms caused by the presence Of hypertrophied tissues in the chronic form of nasal catarrh, I have had constructed a wire-snare écraseur, and have been so much encouraged by the success attend ing its use, that I now venture to present it to the Associa tion, in connection with other instruments devised by myself to facilitate the Operation. Before proceeding with the description Of the method made use Of for the cure of hypertrophic nasal catarrh, I desire to refer to the indica tions justifying surgical interference. From Observations made at the extensive throat clinic of Bellevue Hospital, I have been led to the conclusion that chronic nasal catarrh, before it has lapsed into the atrophic form, is invariably accompanied by a pathological condition consisting in some form Of hypertrophy of the intranasal tissues.This hypertrophy, though slight in the recent stage of the catarrhal affection, steadily increases with a rapidity depending upon the degree of irritation and congestion to which the nasal mucous membrane is subjected, until, as sometimes happens, the nasal tissues will be found to have become enlarged to such an extent as to completely block up the posterior nares, and even to encroach very consider ably upon the naso-pharyngeal space.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.