Injuries and diseases of the jaws . e right canine tooth, and allthe intervening portion of the jaw is concealed within and below it forms a great nodulated mass, in-volving the muscles of the tongue and the upper part of theneck; posteriorly and above it projects far into the mouth,pushing aside the tongue, and pressing backwards upon the CANCEROUS TUMOURS. 319 larynx. The disease does not appear iu this case to havecommenced within the jaw, but in a gland which becameadherent to the jaw (?). The patient, aged eighteen, died ayear after the first appearance of the disease, from
Injuries and diseases of the jaws . e right canine tooth, and allthe intervening portion of the jaw is concealed within and below it forms a great nodulated mass, in-volving the muscles of the tongue and the upper part of theneck; posteriorly and above it projects far into the mouth,pushing aside the tongue, and pressing backwards upon the CANCEROUS TUMOURS. 319 larynx. The disease does not appear iu this case to havecommenced within the jaw, but in a gland which becameadherent to the jaw (?). The patient, aged eighteen, died ayear after the first appearance of the disease, from suffoca-tion and exhaustion. I have recently had under my care a very interesting caseof medullary disease of the lower jaw, in a little girl, agedfive—one of a numerous and healthy family, who was inperfect health until seven weeks before I saw her. Themother then noticed that the second temporary molar toothon the right side was loose, and the gum swollen; and atumour developed so rapidly, that when I saw her the side Fig. of the face was considerably enlarged, and a large fungousmass protruded into the mouth. On September 10th, 1867,I removed the right side of the jaw from close to the sym-physis to the articulation, and the preparation (Museum ofCollege of Surgeons, 1057 A) accompanied this essay. Thestructure of the growth was distinctly medullary. Thechild made a perfect recovery and was well for six weeks,when a small growth was noticed within the cheek, whichmade such rapid progress that in four days, when she wasbrought up to me again, there was a tumour filling the cheek,and involving the remaining portion of the jaw as far as thecanine tooth, and a fungus had been thrown out through aportion of the old cicatrix. On Oct. 2Gth, 1867, I removed the whole of the disease 320 TUMOURS OF THE LOWER JAW. again, cutting the jaw on the left side immediately in frontof the second molar tooth, and removing the whole of theskin involved in the fungus. The patient made a go
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