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Treatment. — Cleanse and apply antiseptics carefully and 

 frequently. If these efforts are unavailing, the edges should 

 be excised for some distance around, the incisions being 

 made in the healthy tissues ; the edges are then drawn 

 together, and the parts treated as in the case of a healthy 

 wound (see p. 50). 



Polypi. 



A polypus consists of a smooth, rounded growth with 

 a well-defined pedicle, and it usually springs from some 

 mucous surface, such as the vagina, bladder, ear, or nostril. 

 Frequently in the latter situation these tumours are multiple, 

 and give a lot of trouble on this account (see p. go). On 

 account of their pedicle, they are removed with facility if 

 only they happen to be in an accessible situation. The so- 

 called polypi of the nostrils are frequently granulation tissue, 

 and associated with disease of the underlying bone. 



