1 University of Nebraska Hospital Department of Pediatrics Omaha, Nebraska 68105
In our paper, "Screening for Hidden Congenital Anomalies" (Pediatrics, 41:147, 1968), the point of course was that we do just that, not that we develop arguments over the best method to diagnose choanal atresia. It was also not intended that we torture our little friends by "ramming foreign bodies down their nostrils" (Pediatrics, 42:873, 1968) and public apology is herewith rendered to all infants so molested.
There are two objections to Dr. Abel's rarely quoted reference.