. New elements of operative surgery . (Plate 4.). „ ^ftWfumour up on the inner surface. a CuspidatusThis fi-ire exposes theappearance o^the tumo^^ ,„ c Boneat .t^-t^rior The appeitaice of the patient after her ne appearance ol the patient after b 886 NEW ELEMENTS OF OPERATIVE SURGERY. root of the coronoid process to the second bicuspid tooth, elevatednearly an mch above the level of the teeth, and spreading consider-ablv wider than the alveolar process. Its appearance was smooth,and to the touch somewhat elastic, though firm. An incision oneach side of the alveolar margin,

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. New elements of operative surgery . (Plate 4.). „ ^ftWfumour up on the inner surface. a CuspidatusThis fi-ire exposes theappearance o^the tumo^^ ,„ c Boneat .t^-t^rior The appeitaice of the patient after her ne appearance ol the patient after b 886 NEW ELEMENTS OF OPERATIVE SURGERY. root of the coronoid process to the second bicuspid tooth, elevatednearly an mch above the level of the teeth, and spreading consider-ablv wider than the alveolar process. Its appearance was smooth,and to the touch somewhat elastic, though firm. An incision oneach side of the alveolar margin, with a scalpel, enabled me prettyreadily to remove the tumor with a gum-lancet to the level of theiaw-bone. The tumor, on examination, contained many cartilagi-nous and osseous spiculse, and in the substance of it was imbeddedone of the molar teeth in a perfectly sound state. About three weeks after this operation a small portion of thesize of a nutmeg, which had granulated and grown rapidly, wastaken off, and soon after she retired to the c

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