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the view of assisting the absorption of the 

 new elements which have not become organ- 

 ised, and to avoid as much as possible a 

 protruding cicatrix, I am in the habit of 

 giving, from the second to the fifth week, a 

 daily dose of a quarter to half an ounce of 

 iodide of potassium to my patients in their 

 drinking water. 



Accidents and Complications. — i. Wounds 

 of the Mucous Mcvibrane and of the Arytenoid 

 ivhich has been left. — They result from slips 

 made in carrying out the movements that 

 form the third part of the operation, more 

 especially at the moment of cutting through 

 the cartilage at Its articular angle. The 

 mucous membrane may be more or less 

 seriously injured If the animal attempts to 

 lift its head and is not tightly held. In 

 putting in the sutures the remaining arytenoid 



