of the instant invention is superimposed over the patient 39 s nose the line of pressure of the splint on the nose is controlled by increasing or decreasing the angle of the reentrantly folded portions 60 and 62 of the wings 44 and 46 thereby to move the pointed end portions 70 and 72 upwardly or downwardly viz longitudinally with respect to the bridge portion 42 as seen in fig4 of the drawing it is to be noted that the relatively long lever arms provided by the wings 44 and 46 cause the lower edges of the bridge portion 42 to apply what may be termed a pinching action downwardly against the patient 39 s cheeks and inwardly against the base of the nose through the padding layer 52 thereby to apply controlled pressure on the base of the nasal pyramid both the degree of pinching and total downward pressure of the splint is adjusted by first attaching one end of the elastic strap over either the point 70 or 72 of the splint 40 the elastic strap 63 is passed behind the patient 39 s head and under the ears and stretched approximately 2 5 centimeters another slit is cut in the.