Rhinology at the International Medical Congress

To the Editor:  —The papers and discussions of the diseases of the accessory sinuses have been of special interest to rhinologists at the Sixteenth International Congress. Whereas, up to comparatively recent date, the pendulum had swung to ultraradicalism, at the congress it was evident that return had been made to safer measures. The authors of papers that were read and all of those who discussed the subject, with the single exception of Jansen, were strongly in favor of conservative measures except in extreme and rare cases. It was admitted that the radical operation did not usually result in quicker recovery than could be obtained from the less severe and more conservative operations. It was further admitted that these extreme operations were the cause of many deaths. About a dozen papers on these subjects were presented. Among those who read or discussed the papers were Dundas Grant (London). Uchermann (Christiania), Bourack