Excerpt from Institutes and Practice of Surgery, Vol. 2: Being Outlines of a Course of Lectures Whatever method may be practised for the removal of poly pus, there are two points which must always be particularly at tended to - the suppression of hemorrhage, and the removal of any portions of the tumour so situated as to elude the instruments directed against them. The first may be accomplished, gene rally, by cold astringent solutions thrown up the nostrils by a syringe, or if these do not succeed, by passing a catgut, to which two or three dossils of lint are secured, through the nostril and mouth. The pressure thus created, hardly ever fails to stop the flow of blood. To guard against the return of the disease, from portions of the tumour being left behind, the argentum nitratam, repeatedly applied, will be found the most effectual remedy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.