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Method of Application

J. COLEMAN SCAL, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1932;15(4):617-620.

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The majority of cases of nasal bleeding in which the bleeding stops spontaneously are of minor consideration. This bleeding is usually due to local trauma, such as picking one's nose, violent sneezing or nasal operations. When the bleeding is frequent and persistent, it is usually due to systemic conditions such as hemophilia, anemia, arteriosclerosis, scurvy or cardiac disease.

The site where the bleeding most frequently occurs is at the lower anterior part of the nasal septum, called Kiesselbach's area. This area, when blanched with equal parts of epinephrine and 10 per cent cocaine, is seen to contain numerous ramifying blood vessels which stand out prominently above the surface of the thin nasal mucous membrane. Mere touching of these vessels with an applicator often starts bleeding.

Most of the patients who have been treated have had the experience of having their nasal mucous membranes cauterized and their nares packed. This . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Submitted for publication, Dec. 14, 1931.

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