Abstract
Since the appearance of my article 1 on ozena over a year ago, so many inquiries about the operation have been made that I decided to write this paper elucidating the operation and adding my further observations on the implantation of ivory. TECHNIC I obtain my ivory from V. Mueller and Company, Chicago, in blocks of four sizes (1 by ⅜ by ⅜ inch), (1¼ by ⅜ by ⅜ inches), (1⅜ by ⅜ by ⅜ inches), (1 by ¼ by ¼ inch). The first two sizes are used most frequently; occasionally the last one is more appropriate. These blocks are taken to a dentist, who rounds off all corners and flattens out all edges with his carborundum driven by an electric motor. The patient's nose is douched thoroughly with physiologic solution of sodium chloride to which a little sodium bicarbonate is added, until all crusts have been removed. He is
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