TREATMENT 
No time should be lost in submitting a poll- 
evil to radical treatment. The new case 
should be lanced and the cavities irrigated 
with antiseptics for a week or ten days and 
then promptly operated upon. There will be 
nothing gained by waiting longer, as the old- 
er the case the more it will have damaged the 
structures of the region and thus the more diffi- 
cult it will be to cure. In cases found in the 
phlegmonous stage and before the abscess has 
burst we also recommend Jancing and irriga- 
ions as preparatory treatment. 
Subjects having unmistakable involvement 
of the occipito-atlantoid articulation and all 
those already showing nervous complications 
should be left severely alone and pronounced 
incurable. Weak subjects that do not exhibit 
sufficient strength to withstand a major opera- 
tion should likewise be left alone. These might, 
however, be submitted to a restorative treat- 
ment until it is thought advisable to interfere 
further. 
The Radical Operation for Poll-Evil 
Restraint.—No attempt should ever be made 
to operate in the standing position, no matter 
