a surgical nasal septum splint comprising a pair of members , each of which having a thin , flat body with a posterior end adapted to be inserted into the nasal passage and to be positionable interiorly thereof and with an anterior end adapted to be positionable adjacent the nasal columella , said body carrying a plurality of spaced magnets , the magnets adjacent the anterior end having a different polarity from the magnets adjacent the posterior end of each body , and the correspondingly positioned magnets in said pair of members being of opposite polarity so as to be attracted to each other when the members are in place on opposite sides of the nasal septum .