Operation on the tumor in the cheek of Mr Taylor, a 30-year-old Irish man from Cook Town, County Tyrone. The surgeon excised the cancerous growth cutting along the dotted lines, where a is the tuberculous tumor and b the tumor adhering to the gums within the mouth. Sketch of Mr. Taylors No. III. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an illustration by John Bell from his own Principles of Surgery, as they Relate to Wounds, Ulcers and Fistulas, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1815.

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