EXCISION OF LATERAL CARTILAGE IN QUITTOR. 



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cartilage, as the operation, though more severe, is less liable to 

 troublesome complications, and is usually final. 



Fig. 572. — Bayer's operation (first stage). 



After the whole field of operation has been disinfected the dressing 

 is applied. It consists of four to eight thicknesses of iodoform gauze, 



Fig. 573. — Bayer's operation (second stage). 



enveloping and stretching well beyond the wound. Over this is 

 arranged a pad of antiseptic jute, filling up the crescent-shaped 



