[Granuloma gangraenescens of the nose].

An extremely rare observation of gangrenizing granuloma of the nose in a woman of 29 with a fatal outcome is presented. The disease is characterized by rapidly developing changes in the nasal mucosa and sinuses, skin, soft tissues of the face, destruction of cartilage and bone tissues of the nose, upper jaw with perforation of the hard palate and loss of teeth. Wegener's granulomatosis was diagnosed in the hospital.

[Effect of inhalation of freshly melted water on the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract].

The authors conducted experiments on healthy people-volonteers and found that inhalation of freshly melted water definitely intensified the activity of the ciliated epithelium of the upper respiratory tract mucous membrane. They pesent result of the investigation permitting to eliminate the effect of ciliated epithelium "fatigue': after prolonged use of such inhalation. Data of comparative observations with the use of functional methods of investigation show that freshly melted water has a definitely normalizing effect on reflex stimulation, secretory function, temperature and other factors of mucous membrane activity.